DATA STORY: India sees highest single-day spike in deaths; toll at 359,676

India has so far administered 242,726,693 vaccine doses. That is 824.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 17.16 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 63,463 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,167,952. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 9.42 per cent (one in 10). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 94,052 cases to take its total caseload to 29,183,121. And, with 6,148 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 359,676, or 1.22 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,379,261 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 242,726,693.