Data story: India logs 247,417 cases, Maharashtra's caseload tops 7 mn-mark

India has so far administered 1,546,139,465 vaccine doses. That is 4257.23 per cent of its total caseload, and 110.53 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 162,212 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,117,531. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.27 per cent (one in 44). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 247,417 cases to take its total caseload to 36,317,927 from 36,070,510 — an increase of 0.69%. And, with 380 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 485,035, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,632,024 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count