India on Tuesday reported a net increase of 80,287 in active coronavirus cases to take its count to 1,736,628. India’s share of global active coronavirus cases now stands at 3.06 per cent (one in 33). The country is sixth among the most affected countries by active cases. On Monday, it added 238,018 cases to take its total caseload to 37,618,271 from 37,380,253 — an increase of 0.64%. And, with 310 new fatalities, its Covid-19 death toll reached 486,761, or 1.29 per cent of total confirmed infections.
With 7,991,230 more Covid-19 vaccine doses being administered on Monday, India’s total count of vaccine shots so far reached 1,580,441,770. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India, meanwhile, reached 35,394,882 — or 94.09 per cent of total caseload — with 157,421 new cured cases being reported on Tuesday.