DATA STORY: India logs 13,451 cases; active cases on a steady decline

India has so far administered 1,035,325,577 vaccine doses. That is 3025.88 per cent of its total caseload, and 74.1 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 1,155 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 162,661. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.91 per cent (one in 108). The country is twelfth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 13,451 cases to take its total caseload to 34,215,653 from 34,215,653 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 585 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 455,653, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,589,124 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count