Data story: India logs 638,872 cases in 7 days; positivity rate at 10.2%

India has so far administered 1,515,760,645 vaccine doses. That is 4266.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 108.35 per cent of its population

India on Sunday reported a net increase of 118,442 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 590,611. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.18 per cent (one in 70). The country is ninth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 159,632 cases to take its total caseload to 35,528,004 from 35,368,372 — an increase of 0.45%. And, with 327 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 483,790, or 1.36 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 8,928,316 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count