DATA STORY: India's active Covid cases now over 53% of September 2020 peak level

India has so far vaccinated 61,113,354 people. That is 505.26 per cent of its total caseload, and 4.3965 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net increase of 18,912 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 540,720. That is a little over 53 per cent of the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.46 per cent (one in 41). The country is 6^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 56,211 cases to take its total caseload to 12,095,855. And, with 271 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 162,114, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 582,919 more people getting