DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases see a net reduction of 55,344 in a day

India has so far administered 182,220,164 vaccine doses. That is 768.77 per cent of its total caseload, and 13.09 per cent of its population

India on Sunday reported a net reduction of 55,344 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,618,458. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 21.10 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 311,170 cases to take its total caseload to 24,684,077. And, with 4,077 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 270,284, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,733,232 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 182,220,164.