DATA STORY: India's Covid vaccination goes past 200 mn doses; 14.5% jabbed

India has so far administered 200,662,456 vaccine doses. That is 770.82 per cent of its total caseload, and 14.42 per cent of its population

India on Wednesday reported a net reduction of 91,191 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 2,495,591. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 16.77 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 208,921 cases to take its total caseload to 27,157,795. And, with 4,157 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 311,388, or 1.15 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,039,087 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Tuesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 200,662,456.