DATA STORY: With 572,060 vaccinations in a day, India's total now at 27% of caseload

At 18,855, daily spike in India's total Covid cases the highest since Jan 7, mainly because of a massive jump in recovered cases in Chhattisgarh

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 2,054 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 171686, the lowest since June 21 and 83.13 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases has declined to 0.66 per cent (one in 151). The country is 15^th among the most affected countries by active cases. India added 18,855 cases to take its total caseload to 10,720,048. And, with 163 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 154,010, or 1.44 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 572,060 more vaccinations across