Data story: India logs 1,938 new cases; death toll rises to 516,672

India has so far administered 1,822,330,356 vaccine doses. That is 4236.53 per cent of its total caseload, and 129.92 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 660 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 22,427. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.04 per cent (one in 2,500). The country is seventy-third among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 1,938 cases to take its total caseload to 43,014,687 from 43,012,749 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 67 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 516,672, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 3,181,809 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count