Data story: India logs 2,876 new cases; death toll rises to 516,072

India has so far administered 1,806,093,107 vaccine doses. That is 4200.32 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.76 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 1,106 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 32,811. 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 Tuesday, it added 2,876 cases to take its total caseload to 42,998,938 from 42,996,062 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 98 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 516,072, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,892,143 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count