DATA STORY: India reports biggest single-day jump in Covid cases since Nov 29

India has so far vaccinated 39,339,817 people. That is 341.66 per cent of its total caseload, and 2.8309 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 18,918 new active coronavirus cases, the most since September 11, to take its count to 271,282. That is 73.35 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.29 per cent (one in 78). The country is 9^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 39,726 cases to take its total caseload to 11,514,331. And, with 154 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 159,370, or 1.39 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
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