DATA STORY: Active cases at 913,378; test positivity rate falls to 3.45%

India has so far administered 259,044,072 vaccine doses. That is 876.01 per cent of its total caseload, and 18.59 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 59,780 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 913,378. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 7.63 per cent (one in 13). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 60,471 cases to take its total caseload to 29,570,881. And, with 2,726 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 377,031, or 1.28 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,927,154 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 259,044,072.