DATA STORY: India logs 7,974 new cases; death toll rises to 476,478

India has so far administered 1,346,114,483 vaccine doses. That is 3895.71 per cent of its total caseload, and 96.69 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 317 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 87,245. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.39 per cent (one in 256). The country is twenty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 7,974 cases to take its total caseload to 34,718,602 from 34,710,628 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 343 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 476,478, or 1.37 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,012,425 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count