DATA STORY: India's active cases tally drop below 300,000-mark

India has so far administered 860,159,011 vaccine doses. That is 2554 per cent of its total caseload, and 61.64 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net reduction of 3,856 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 299,620. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.61 per cent (one in 60). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 26,041 cases to take its total caseload to 33,678,786 from 33,652,745 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 276 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 447,194, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,818,362 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count