DATA STORY: India sees most Covid deaths in a day, adds 234,692 cases

India has so far vaccinated 119,937,641 people. That is 825.64 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.6242 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 109,997 in active coronavirus cases, the most ever in a day, to take its count to 1,679,740. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 9.29 per cent (one in 11). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 234,692 cases, the most in a day yet, to take its total caseload to 14,526,609. And, with 1,341 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 175,649, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,004,544 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots