A total of 1,795 healthcare workers were vaccinated across 20 sites under AMC on the first day of the drive. (File photo)India Covid-19 Live updates: India reported 13,788 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the first time this number has dropped below 15,000 mid-June last year. Out of the total cases, active cases further dropped to 2.08 lakh while recoveries went up to 1,02 crore. With 145 deaths reported on Sunday, the toll stands at over 1.52 lakh. Kerala recorded 5,005 new cases, more than 36 per cent of all. Maharashtra reported 3,081 cases.
In a first, active cases declined below 2 per cent of the total cases reported in the country on Sunday. Daily new Covid-19 cases have stayed below the 20,000 mark from the last 10 days.
Over 2.24 lakh priority group individuals have been vaccinated at the end of two days of India’s inoculation drive. Out of the beneficiaries, only 447 adverse events cases have been reported, 3 of them required hospitalization, with 2 being discharged already, the Union Ministry said on Sunday.
After halting the vaccine drive due to widespread complaints about the technical glitches in Co-WIN app, the Maharashtra government is set to restart the drive in the state from Tuesday. An expert explains, vaccine route to healthy India – Read here.
In other news, a survey conducted by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research found out that smokers and vegetarians may be at a lesser risk of getting infected with the virus, due to having a lower seropositivity.
India reported 13,788 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the first time this number has dropped below 15,000 mid-June last year. Out of the total cases, active cases further dropped to 2.08 lakh while recoveries went up to 1,02 crore. With 145 deaths reported on Sunday, the toll stands at over 1.52 lakh. Kerala recorded 5,005 new cases, more than 36 per cent of all. Maharashtra reported 3,081 cases.
The second day of the immunisation drive against COVID-19 saw the Health Secretary being administered the vaccine as the total number to get the shots in Tamil Nadu crossed the 6,000 mark on Sunday, with no adverse reaction reported, the government said.
According to updated figures for vaccination on the opening day, 3,027 people were administered Covishield and 99 Covaxin. On Sunday, 2,847 beneficiaries received Covishield and 183 Covaxin and in total, 6,156 persons, including doctors have got the jabs and no adverse reaction was seen, the Tamil Nadu Health department said in an official release. (PTI)
The Maharashtra government is set to restart the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the state from Tuesday.
The state had decided to keep the drive, which began on Saturday, in abeyance for a couple of days following widespread complaints about the Co-WIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Network) app, a software designed for real-time registration of data of people who are vaccinated.
However, with the Union government directing all states that the entire process needs to resume and can continue without Co-WIN software in regions where there are technical glitches, the Maharashtra government said that it will resume the drive from Tuesday. (Read Tabassum Barnagarwala's report here)