Data story: India logs 2,539 new cases; tally crosses 43-million mark

India has so far administered 1,808,024,147 vaccine doses. That is 4204.56 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.9 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 2,012 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 30,799. 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 Wednesday, it added 2,539 cases to take its total caseload to 43,001,477 from 42,998,938 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 60 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 516,132, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,786,478 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count