Data story: India logs 15,102 new cases; death toll rises to 512,622

India has so far administered 1,761,939,020 vaccine doses. That is 4110.24 per cent of its total caseload, and 125.75 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 16,553 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 164,522. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.25 per cent (one in 400). The country is thirty eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 15,102 cases to take its total caseload to 42,867,031 from 42,851,929 — an increase of 0.04%. And, with 278 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 512,622, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,384,744 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total