Data story: India logs 255,874 cases; active cases see marginal dip

India has so far administered 1,629,209,308 vaccine doses. That is 4093.57 per cent of its total caseload, and 116.28 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net decrease of 12,493 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,236,842. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.31 per cent (one in 30). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 255,874 cases to take its total caseload to 39,799,202 from 39,543,328 — an increase of 0.65%. And, with 614 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 490,462, or 1.23 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,229,956 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count