DATA STORY: India has added 10,197 active Covid cases on a net basis in 15 days

With 503,947 more vaccine shots being administered on Wednesday, the total number of people inoculated in India has reached 12,671,163 - or 114.71% of its total caseload, and 0.9124% of population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 4,801 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 151,708. This is 85.09 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.69 per cent (one in 145). The country is 14^th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 16,738 cases, the most in a day since January 14, to take its total caseload to 11,046,914. And, with 138 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 156,705, or 1.42 per cent of total confirmed infections.