Data story: India logs 282,970 cases; 1.83 million cases added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,588,847,554 vaccine doses. That is 4192.07 per cent of its total caseload, and 113.58 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 94,372 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,831,000. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.11 per cent (one in 32). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 282,970 cases to take its total caseload to 37,901,241 from 37,618,271 — an increase of 0.75%. And, with 441 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 487,202, or 1.29 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,635,229 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count