DATA STORY: India's overall Covid recovery rate inches closer to 93%

India has so far administered 221,043,693 vaccine doses. That is 780.86 per cent of its total caseload, and 15.87 per cent of its population

India on Thursday reported a net reduction of 80,232 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,713,413. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 12.74 per cent (one in 8). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Thursday, it added 134,154 cases to take its total caseload to 28,441,986. And, with 2,887 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 337,989, or 1.19 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,426,265 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Wednesday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 221,043,693.