DATA STORY: India reports 26,964 new cases, 383 deaths added to toll

India has so far administered 826,515,754 vaccine doses. That is 2464.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 59.23 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net decrease of 7,586 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 301,989. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.63 per cent (one in 60). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Tuesday, it added 26,964 cases to take its total caseload to 33,531,498 from 33,504,534 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 383 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 445,768, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,557,529 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count