DATA STORY: India reports 31,923 new cases, 282 deaths added to toll

India has so far administered 833,990,049 vaccine doses. That is 2484.81 per cent of its total caseload, and 59.77 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net decrease of 349 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 301,640. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 1.62 per cent (one in 60). The country is eighth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 31,923 cases to take its total caseload to 33,563,421 from 33,531,498 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 282 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 446,050, or 1.33 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 7,138,205 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count