Data story: India logs 4,575 new cases; death toll rises to 515,355

India has so far administered 1,793,399,555 vaccine doses. That is 4173.03 per cent of its total caseload, and 127.85 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 2,986 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 46,962. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.08 per cent (one in 1,250). The country is sixty-fourth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 4,575 cases to take its total caseload to 42,975,883 from 42,971,308 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 145 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 515,355, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,869,103 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count