Data story: India logs 268,833 new cases; positivity ratio rate to 16.7%

India has so far administered 1,560,251,117 vaccine doses. That is 4233.94 per cent of its total caseload, and 111.53 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 145,747 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,417,820. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.66 per cent (one in 38). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 268,833 cases to take its total caseload to 36,850,962 from 36,582,129 — an increase of 0.73%. And, with 402 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 485,752, or 1.32 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,802,976 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count