Data story: India logs 949 new cases; active cases see slight rise

India has so far administered 1,863,062,546 vaccine doses. That is 4328.67 per cent of its total caseload, and 132.82 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 133 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 11,191. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.02 per cent (one in 5,000). The country is seventy-fifth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 949 cases to take its total caseload to 43,039,972 from 43,039,023 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 6 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 521,743, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 666,660 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count