DATA STORY: India administers over 8 mn doses; active cases dip to 662,521

India has so far administered 288,766,201 vaccine doses. That is 963.26 per cent of its total caseload, and 20.72 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 40,366 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 662,521. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 5.81 per cent (one in 17). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 42,640 cases to take its total caseload to 29,977,861 from 29,935,221 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 1,167 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 389,302, or 1.30 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 8,616,373 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count