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DATA STORY: India's vaccination now 1.13% of its population, 140% of Covid tally

India now accounts for 0.79% of all active cases globally (one in every 127 active cases), and 6.14% of all deaths (one in every 16 deaths)

Ramnath Kovind
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President Ram Nath Kovind gets the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine. Photo: ANI

Business Standard New Delhi
India on Wednesday reported a net increase of 1,768 to take its count of active coronavirus cases to 170,126. This is 83.28 per cent lower than the September 18 peak of 1,017,754. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 0.77 per cent (one in 130). The country is 13th among the most affected countries by active cases. On Wednesday, it added 14,989 cases to take its total caseload to 11,139,516. And, with 99 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 157346, or 1.41 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 768,730 more people getting Covid-19 vaccine

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