Data story: India logs 6,396 new cases; death toll rises to 514,589

India has so far administered 1,782,913,060 vaccine doses. That is 4150.98 per cent of its total caseload, and 127.25 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 7,255 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 69,897. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.11 per cent (one in 909). The country is sixty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 7,255 cases to take its total caseload to 42,951,556 from 42,945,160 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 201 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 514,589, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,484,412 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count