DATA STORY: India logs highest daily rise in fatalities since June 27

India has so far administered 372,196,268 vaccine doses. That is 1208.59 per cent of its total caseload, and 26.7 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 3,694 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 455,033. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.82 per cent (one in 26). The country is fourth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 42,766 cases to take its total caseload to 30,795,716 from 30,752,950 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 1,206 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 407,145, or 1.32 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,055,802 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count