DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases up by 6,578 in 3 days, count now at 143,127

With 527,197 more vaccine shots being administered on Friday, the total number of people inoculated in India has reached 10,715,204 - that is 97.62% of its total caseload, and 0.7716% of population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 3,585 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 143,127. This is 85.94 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. In three consecutive daily jumps, the country’s active caseload has increased by 6,578. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.63 per cent (one in 159). The country is 16^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 13,993 cases to take its total caseload to 10,977,387. And, with 101 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 156,212, or 1.42 per cent of