DATA STORY: India reports 18,987 new cases; death toll at 451,435

India has so far administered 968,220,997 vaccine doses. That is 2845.97 per cent of its total caseload, and 69.3 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 1,067 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 206,586. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.16 per cent (one in 85). The country is ninth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 18,987 cases to take its total caseload to 34,020,730 from 34,001,743 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 246 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 451,435, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,566,347 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count