DATA STORY: India sees biggest-ever single-day Covid tally jump of 414,188

India has so far administered 164,973,058 vaccine doses. That is 782.70 per cent of its total caseload, and 11.86 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net increase of 78,766 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,645,164. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 19.69 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 414,188 cases, the most added by any country in a day, to take its total caseload to 21,491,598. And, with 3,915 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 234,083, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,370,298 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s