DATA STORY: India adds 42,982 new cases; 533 deaths reported in 24 hours

India has so far administered 489,342,295 vaccine doses. That is 1538.22 per cent of its total caseload, and 35.05 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net addition of 723 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 411,076. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.61 per cent (one in 38). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 42,982 cases to take its total caseload to 31,812,114 from 31,769,132 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 533 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 426,290, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,755,115 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count