DATA STORY: India reports 29,616 new cases, active cases up by 1,280

India has so far administered 848,929,160 vaccine doses. That is 2524.74 per cent of its total caseload, and 60.84 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 1,280 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 301,442. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.62 per cent (one in 60). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 29,616 cases to take its total caseload to 33,624,419 from 33,594,803 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 290 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 446,658, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,104,051 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count