DATA STORY: India records under 3,000 daily Covid deaths for first time in 34 days

India has so far administered 216,046,638 vaccine doses. That is 789.38 per cent of its total caseload, and 15.52 per cent of its population

India on Tuesday reported a net reduction of 130,572 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,895,520. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 13.61 per cent (one in 7). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 127,510 cases to take its total caseload to 28,175,044. And, with 2,795 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 331,895, or 1.18 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,780,058 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 216,046,638.