NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 192.12 crore (1,92,12,96,720) as per provisional reports till 7 am today, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. India administrated 15,32,383 Covid-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours.
Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on March 16. So far, more than 3.26 crore (3,26,77,817) adolescents have been administered with the first dose and 1,37,12,104 with the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
As per the ministry, of the total doses administered so far among health care workers (HLW’s), 1,04,06,421 have received the first dose, 1,00,33,531 have received the second dose and 50,91,987 have been administered the precaution dose. Also, 1,84,18,106 frontline workers were administered the first dose, 1,75,72,318 with the second dose and 83,39,049 with the precaution doses.
A total of 5,91,51,229 shots were administered as the first dose and 4,46,72,390 shots were given as the second dose in the age group 15-18 years. Similarly, a total of 55,68,07,889 doses were administered as the first dose, 48,67,68,715 doses were given as the second dose and 5,41,301 precaution doses as in the age group 18-44 years.
For the age group of 45-59 years, 20,31,87,312 have received the first dose, 19,01,08,096 have received the second dose and 11,38,437 have been administered the precaution doses whereas, 12,70,46,269 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose, 11,85,25,728 as second and 1,70,98,021 as precaution doses to the people over 60 years. (ANI)
New cases in last 24 hours: 2,323
Total active case load: 14,996
Daily positivity rate: 0.47 per cent
Weekly positivity rate: 0.51 per cent
Patients recovered in last 24 hours: 2,346
Total number of recovered patients: 4,25,94,801
India’s recovery rate: 98.75 per cent.