DATA STORY: India records 7,145 cases; death toll rises to 477,158

India has so far administered 1,366,605,173 vaccine doses. That is 3934.57 per cent of its total caseload, and 97.69 per cent of its population

India on Saturday reported a net decrease of 1,850 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 84,565. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.38 per cent (one in 270). The country is twenty-sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Friday, it added 7,145 cases to take its total caseload to 34,733,194 from 34,726,049 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 289 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 477,158, or 1.37 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 6,206,244 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Friday, India’s total count