DATA STORY: Active cases rise for 2nd day straight; 507 more deaths added

India has so far administered 417,851,151 vaccine doses. That is 1336.79 per cent of its total caseload, and 29.96 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net addition of 2,224 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 409,394. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.07 per cent (one in 32). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 41,383 cases to take its total caseload to 31,257,720 from 31,216,337 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 507 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 418,987, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,277,679 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count