Data story: India logs 264,202 new cases, death toll rises to 485,350

India has so far administered 1,553,981,819 vaccine doses. That is 4247.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 111.09 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 154,542 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,272,073. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.48 per cent (one in 40). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 264,202 cases to take its total caseload to 36,582,129 from 36,317,927 — an increase of 0.73%. And, with 315 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 485,350, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,308,669 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count