Data story: India logs 58,077 new cases; active cases see steady decline

India has so far administered 1,717,951,432 vaccine doses. That is 4038.8 per cent of its total caseload, and 122.61 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 92,987 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 697,802. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at .94 per cent (one in 106). The country is sixteenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 58,077 cases to take its total caseload to 42,536,137 from 42,478,060 — an increase of 0.14%. And, with 657 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 507,177, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 4,818,867 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count