DATA STORY: India logs 12,516 new cases; 2,817 death added in 7 days

India has so far administered 1,107,951,225 vaccine doses. That is 3219.46 per cent of its total caseload, and 79.22 per cent of its population

India on Friday reported a net reduction of 1,140 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 137,416. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.72 per cent (one in 139). The country is fifteenth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 12,516 cases to take its total caseload to 34,414,186 from 34,401,670 — an increase of 0.1%. And, with 501 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 462,690, or 1.34 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 5,381,889 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Thursday, India’s total count