DATA STORY: India reports 59,118 Covid cases, most in a day since Oct 18

India has so far vaccinated 55,504,440 people. That is 468.55 per cent of its total caseload, and 3.9934 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 25,874 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 421,066. That is 41.37 per cent of the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.95 per cent (one in 51). The country is 8^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 59,118 cases, the most in a day since October 18, to take its total caseload to 11,846,652. And, with 257 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 160,949, or 1.36 per cent of total confirmed infections.