DATA STORY: With over 3,000 fatalities in a day, India's Covid death toll tops 200,000

India has so far administered 147,827,367 vaccine doses. That is 838.20 per cent of its total caseload, and 10.63 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 96,505 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,978,709. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 15.94 per cent (one in 6). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 360,960 cases to take its total caseload to 17,997,267. And, with 3,293 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 201,187, or 1.12 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,556,182 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 147,827,367.