DATA STORY: India now has 1,569,743 active Covid cases, next only to the US

India has so far vaccinated 117,223,509 people. That is 856.31 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.43 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 97,866 in active coronavirus cases, the most ever in a day, to take its count to 1,569,743. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 8.76 per cent (one in 11). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 217,353 cases, the most in a day yet, to take its total caseload to 14,291,917. And, with 1,185 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 174,308, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,730,359 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots