Data story: India sees smallest single-day spike in deaths since March 2021

India has so far administered 1,775,086,335 vaccine doses. That is 4135.4 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.69 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net decrease of 8,871 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 102,601. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.16 per cent (one in 625). The country is fifty-first among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 8,013 cases to take its total caseload to 42,924,130 from 42,916,117 — an increase of 0.02%. And, with 119 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 513,843, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 490,321 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count