Data story: India logs 7,554 new cases; death toll rises to 514,246

India has so far administered 1,777,992,977 vaccine doses. That is 4140.78 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.9 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 6,792 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 85,680. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.15 per cent (one in 714). The country is fifty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 7,554 cases to take its total caseload to 42,938,599 from 42,931,045 — an increase of 0.02%. And, with 223 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 514,246, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 855,862 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count