DATA STORY: Single-day vaccination touches new high of 8.8 million shots

India has so far administered 554,730,609 vaccine doses. That is 1720.05 per cent of its total caseload, and 39.77 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net decrease of 12,101 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 369,846. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.15 per cent (one in 46). The country is eleventh among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 25,166 cases to take its total caseload to 32,250,679 from 32,225,513 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 437 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 432,079, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 8,813,919 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count