Data story: India logs 149,394 cases; death toll crosses grim 500,000 mark

India has so far administered 1,684,716,068 vaccine doses. That is 4015.75 per cent of its total caseload, and 120.24 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 98,352 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,435,569. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.92 per cent (one in 52). The country is tenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 149,394 cases to take its total caseload to 41,952,712 from 41,803,318 — an increase of 0.36%. And, with 1,072 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 500,055, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,558,760 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count