Data story: India logs 167,059 cases; over 1,000 deaths added after 59 days

India has so far administered 1,666,848,204 vaccine doses. That is 4019.45 per cent of its total caseload, and 118.97 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net decrease of 88,209 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,743,059. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.38 per cent (one in 42). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 167,059 cases to take its total caseload to 41,469,499 from 41,302,440 — an increase of 0.4%. And, with 1,192 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 496,242, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,145,767 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count