DATA STORY: India reports biggest single-day surge in Covid caseload since Jan 29

India has so far vaccinated 19,497,704 people. That is 174.21 per cent of its total caseload, and 1.4036 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 3,985 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 180,304. That is a level seen on June 24, 2020, and then again on January 25, 2021, and that is 82.28 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.83 per cent (one in 120). The country is 13^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 18,327 cases, the most in a day since January 29, to take its total caseload to 11,192,088. And, with