Data story: India logs 306,064 new cases; test positivity rate at 20.8%

India has so far administered 1,622,607,516 vaccine doses. That is 4103.36 per cent of its total caseload, and 115.81 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net increase of 62,130 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,249,335. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.37 per cent (one in 30). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 306,064 cases to take its total caseload to 39,543,328 from 39,237,264 — an increase of 0.78%. And, with 439 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 489,848, or 1.24 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,756,364 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count