Data story: India logs 14,148 new cases; death toll rises to 512,924

India has so far administered 1,765,231,385 vaccine doses. That is 4116.56 per cent of its total caseload, and 125.99 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 16,163 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 148,359. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.23 per cent (one in 435). The country is forty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 14,148 cases to take its total caseload to 42,881,179 from 42,867,031 — an increase of 0.03%. And, with 302 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 512,924, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,049,988 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count