DATA STORY: India reports first 300+ daily Covid deaths since Dec 25, most in 104 days

India has so far vaccinated 63,054,353 people. That is 519.03 per cent of its total caseload, and 4.536 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 11,846 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 552,566. That is a little over 54 per cent of the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.51 per cent (one in 40). The country is 6^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 53,480 cases to take its total caseload to 12,149,335. And, with 354 new fatalities, the most in a day since December 17, its Covid-19 death toll reached 162,468, or 1.34 per cent of total