DATA STORY: India's daily new Covid cases lowest in 44 days; TPR drops to 9%

India has so far administered 205,720,660 vaccine doses. That is 751.65 per cent of its total caseload, and 14.78 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 76,755 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,343,152. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 16.04 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 186,364 cases to take its total caseload to 27,555,457. And, with 3,660 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 318,895, or 1.16 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,919,699 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 205,720,660.