DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases down by 5,632, but daily deaths still at 4,000

India has so far administered 179,298,584 vaccine doses. That is 756.44 per cent of its total caseload, and 12.88 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 5,632 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,704,893. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 20.80 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 343,144 cases to take its total caseload to 24,046,809. And, with 4,000 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 262,317, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,027,162 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 179,298,584.