Data story: India reports 1,270 new cases; death toll rises to 521,035

India has so far administered 1,832,635,673 vaccine doses. That is 4259.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 130.65 per cent of its population

India on Monday reported a net decrease of 328 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 15,859. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.03 per cent (one in 3,333). The country is seventy-fifth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 1,270 cases to take its total caseload to 43,020,723 from 43,019,453 — an increase of 0.01%. And, with 31 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 521,035, or 1.21 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 420,842 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Sunday, India’s total count