DATA STORY: India sees lowest spike in daily deaths since April 18

India has so far administered 268,960,399 vaccine doses. That is 903.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 19.3 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 28,084 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 798,656. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 6.86 per cent (one in 14). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 62,480 cases to take its total caseload to 29,762,793. And, with 1,587 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 383,490, or 1.29 per cent of total confirmed infections. 

With 3,259,003 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 268,960,399. The