DATA STORY: India's Covid tally tops 20 mn, over 320,000 recover in a day

India has so far administered 158,932,921 vaccine doses. That is 797.63 per cent of its total caseload, and 11.42 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net increase of 33,491 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,447,133. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 18.53 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 357,229 cases to take its total caseload to 20,282,833. And, with 3,449 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 222,408, or 1.10 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,708,390 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 158,932,921.