DATA STORY: India reports 36,571 new cases; 540 deaths added to toll

India has so far administered 572,281,488 vaccine doses. That is 1768.48 per cent of its total caseload, and 41.01 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net decrease of 524 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 363,605. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 2.06 per cent (one in 48). The country is tenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 36,571 cases to take its total caseload to 32,358,829 from 32,322,258 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 540 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 433,589, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,471,282 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count