Data story: India logs 6,561 new cases; active caseload at 77,152

India has so far administered 1,780,263,222 vaccine doses. That is 4145.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 127.06 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 8,528 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 77,152. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.13 per cent (one in 769). The country is fifty-fourth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 6,561 cases to take its total caseload to 42,945,160 from 42,938,599 — an increase of 0.02%. And, with 142 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 514,388, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,183,976 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count