Data story: India logs 337,704 cases; over 2 million cases added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,611,660,078 vaccine doses. That is 4142.68 per cent of its total caseload, and 115.03 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net increase of 94,540 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,113,365. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.26 per cent (one in 31). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 337,704 cases to take its total caseload to 38,903,731 from 38,566,027 — an increase of 0.88%. And, with 488 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 488,884, or 1.26 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,749,746 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count