Data story: India logs 2,528 new cases; death toll rises to 516,281

India has so far administered 1,809,794,588 vaccine doses. That is 4208.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.02 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 1,618 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 29,181. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.05 per cent (one in 2,000). The country is sixty-eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 2,528 cases to take its total caseload to 43,004,005 from 43,001,477 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 149 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 516,281, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,577,783 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count