DATA STORY: India reports 18,833 new cases; test positivity at 1.3%

India has so far administered 921,765,405 vaccine doses. That is 2721.32 per cent of its total caseload, and 65.97 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 6,215 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 246,687. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.37 per cent (one in 73). The country is ninth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 18,833 cases to take its total caseload to 33,871,881 from 33,853,048 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 278 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 449,538, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,948,360 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count