Data story: India logs 194,720 cases, Kerala's death toll crosses 50,000

India has so far administered 1,538,008,200 vaccine doses. That is 4263.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 109.94 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 133,873 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 955,319. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.04 per cent (one in 49). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 194,720 cases to take its total caseload to 36,070,510 from 35,875,790 — an increase of 0.54%. And, with 442 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 484,655, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 8,526,240 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count