DATA STORY: India logs 6,984 new cases; death toll rises to 476,135

India has so far administered 1,346,114,483 vaccine doses. That is 3878.1 per cent of its total caseload, and 96.23 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 1,431 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 87,562. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.4 per cent (one in 250). The country is twenty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 6,984 cases to take its total caseload to 34,710,628 from 34,703,644 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 247 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 476,135, or 1.37 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,889,025 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count