DATA STORY: India logs 666 new fatalities as Kerala clears backlog

India has so far administered 1,013,028,411 vaccine doses. That is 2965.57 per cent of its total caseload, and 72.51 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 2,017 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 173,728. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.98 per cent (one in 102). The country is tenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 16,326 cases to take its total caseload to 34,159,562 from 34,143,236 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 666 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 453,708, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 6,848,417 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count of vaccine