DATA STORY: India's daily new Covid cases below 300,000 for 4th straight day

India has so far administered 187,009,792 vaccine doses. That is 749.09 per cent of its total caseload, and 13.44 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 96,841 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,129,878. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 19.22 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 276,110 cases to take its total caseload to 25,772,440. And, with 3,874 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 287,122, or 1.11 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,166,090 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 187,009,792.