DATA STORY: Total vaccination goes past 300 mn-mark; Delta variant surges

India has so far administered 301,626,028 vaccine doses. That is 1002.65 per cent of its total caseload, and 21.64 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 16,137 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 627,057. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 5.51 per cent (one in 17). The country is third among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 54,069 cases to take its total caseload to 30,082,778 from 30,028,709 — an increase of 0.2%. And, with 1,321 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 391,981, or 1.30 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,489,599 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count