Data story: India logs 2,568 new cases; death toll rises to 515,974

India has so far administered 1,804,028,891 vaccine doses. That is 4195.8 per cent of its total caseload, and 128.61 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net decrease of 2,251 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 33,917. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.06 per cent (one in 1,666). The country is sixty-eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 2,568 cases to take its total caseload to 42,996,062 from 42,993,494 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 97 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 515,974, or 1.2 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,964,423 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count