18 mn Covid vaccine doses administered in India so far, says govt


 

PRI GEN NAT .NEWDELHI DEL26 VIRUS-VACCINATION ACTIVE CASES Over 1.8 crore vaccine doses administered in India New Delhi, Mar 5 (PT) The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 1.8 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. These include 68,53,083 healthcare workers (HCWs) who were administered the 1st dose, 31,41,371 HCWs who were given the 2nd dose, 60,90,931 frontline workers (FLWs) who were given the 1st dose and 67,297 FLWs (2nd dose), 2,35,901 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st dose) and 16,16,920 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years. Nearly 14 lakh (13,88,170) vaccine doses were given on Thursday, Day-48 of the vaccination drive (March 4) The ministry said 10,56,808 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 16,081 sessions for 1stdose (HCWs and FLWs) and 3,31,362 HCWs and FLWs received 2nddose of vaccine. The 10,56,808 beneficiaries include6,15,903 people aged over 60 and92,109 individuals agedmore than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st dose) Six sates, Maharashtra, Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, MP and Delhi, have reported high daily new cases in a span of 24 hours, the ministry said underlining84.44 per cent of the new casesreported in a span of 24 hours (16,838)are from these six states. Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 8,998. It is followed by Kerala with 2,616 while Punjab reported 1,071 new cases.  Read More

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