DATA STORY: India's death toll crosses 400,000-mark; active cases decline

India has so far administered 340,076,232 vaccine doses. That is 1116.53 per cent of its total caseload, and 24.4 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 13,620 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 509,637. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 4.42 per cent (one in 22). The country is third among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 46,617 cases to take its total caseload to 30,458,251 from 30,411,634 — an increase of 0.2%. And, with 853 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 400,312, or 1.31 per cent of total confirmed infections.

With 4,264,123 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count of vaccine