Data story: India logs 11,499 new cases; death toll rises to 513,481

India has so far administered 1,771,768,379 vaccine doses. That is 4129.43 per cent of its total caseload, and 126.46 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net decrease of 12,354 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 121,881. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.19 per cent (one in 526). The country is forty-eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 11,499 cases to take its total caseload to 42,905,844 from 42,894,345 — an increase of 0.03%. And, with 255 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 513,481, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,829,582 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count