Data story: India logs 172,433 new cases; 7,283 deaths reported in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,678,793,137 vaccine doses. That is 4015.93 per cent of its total caseload, and 119.82 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 87,682 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,533,921. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.07 per cent (one in 48). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 172,433 cases to take its total caseload to 41,803,318 from 41,630,885 — an increase of 0.41%. And, with 1,008 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 498,983, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,510,693 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count