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DATA STORY: Sharp drop in new active Covid cases, but India's tally still up by 400,000+

India has so far administered 169,439,663 vaccine doses. That is 808.89 per cent of its total caseload, and 12.18 per cent of its population

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Business Standard New Delhi
India on Sunday reported a net increase of 13,202 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 3,736,648. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 20.38 per cent (one in 5). The country is second among the most affected countries by active cases. On Sunday, it added 403,738 cases to take its total caseload to 22,296,414. And, with 4,092 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 242,362, or 1.09 per cent of total confirmed infections.
 
With 2,023,532 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Saturday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 169,439,663.

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