DATA STORY: India logs 9,765 new cases; active cases rise slightly

India has so far administered 1,249,619,515 vaccine doses. That is 3610.93 per cent of its total caseload, and 89.33 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net increase of 740 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 99,763. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.49 per cent (one in 204). The country is twenty-seventh among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 9,765 cases to take its total caseload to 34,606,541 from 34,596,776 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 477 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 469,724, or 1.36 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 8,035,261 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count