Data story: India logs 3,116 new cases; death toll rises to 515,850

India has so far administered 1,801,323,547 vaccine doses. That is 4190 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.42 per cent of its population

India on Sunday reported a net decrease of 2,490 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 38,069. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.06 per cent (one in 1,666). The country is sixty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 3,116 cases to take its total caseload to 42,990,991 from 42,987,875 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 47 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 515,850, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,031,275 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count