DATA STORY: India's daily increase in Covid tally down to 173,790

India has so far administered 208,902,445 vaccine doses. That is 763.28 per cent of its total caseload, and 15.01 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net reduction of 114,428 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,228,724. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 15.40 per cent (one in 6). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 173,790 cases to take its total caseload to 27,729,247. And, with 3,617 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 322,512, or 1.16 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,062,747 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 208,902,445.