DATA STORY: With 346,786 new Covid cases, 2,674 deaths, India reports its worst numbers yet

India has so far vaccinated 138,379,832 people. That is 833.01 per cent of its total caseload, and 9.95 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 124,324 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,552,940. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 13.59 per cent (one in 7). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Saturday, it added 346,786 cases, the highest in a day so far, to take its total caseload to 16,610,481. And, with 2,624 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 189,544, or 1.14 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,901,412 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine shots on Friday, India’s total count