Data story: India logs 251,209 cases; steady dip in active cases continues

India has so far administered 1,644,473,216 vaccine doses. That is 4048.16 per cent of its total caseload, and 117.37 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 96,861 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,105,611. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.96 per cent (one in 33). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 251,209 cases to take its total caseload to 40,622,709 from 40,371,500 — an increase of 0.62%. And, with 627 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 492,327, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,735,692 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count