DATA STORY: India's active coronavirus cases drop below 500,000-mark

India has so far administered 344,611,291 vaccine doses. That is 1129.78 per cent of its total caseload, and 24.72 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 14,104 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 495,533. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 4.27 per cent (one in 23). The country is third among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 44,111 cases to take its total caseload to 30,502,362 from 30,458,251 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 738 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 401,050, or 1.31 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 4,399,298 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count of vaccine