Data story: India logs 285,914 cases; total caseload crosses 40-mn mark

India has so far administered 1,635,844,536 vaccine doses. That is 4080.92 per cent of its total caseload, and 116.75 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 13,824 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,223,018. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.22 per cent (one in 31). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 285,914 cases to take its total caseload to 40,085,116 from 39,799,202 — an increase of 0.72%. And, with 665 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 491,127, or 1.23 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,950,731 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count