DATA STORY: India adds 91,702 new cases, administers over 3 mn doses

India has so far administered 246,085,649 vaccine doses. That is 840.60 per cent of its total caseload, and 17.16 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 46,281 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,121,671. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 9.08 per cent (one in 10). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 91,702 cases to take its total caseload to 29,274,823. And, with 3,403 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 363,079, or 1.24 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,274,672 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 246,085,649.