DATA STORY: India reports its biggest-ever single-day Covid death toll of 3,780

India has so far administered 160,494,188 vaccine doses. That is 805.47 per cent of its total caseload, and 11.54 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 40,096 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,487,229. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 18.83 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 382,315 cases to take its total caseload to 20,665,148. And, with 3,780 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 226,188, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 1,484,989 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 160,494,188.