Data story: India logs 2,503 new cases; death toll rises to 515,877

India has so far administered 1,801,945,779 vaccine doses. That is 4191.2 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.46 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net decrease of 1,901 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 36,168. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.06 per cent (one in 1,666). The country is sixty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 2,503 cases to take its total caseload to 42,993,494 from 42,990,991 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 27 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 515,877, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 461,318 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count