COVID-19: Nearly 92 lakh people vaccinated in India so far
New Delhi: Nearly 92 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered across the country till Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Wednesday.
A healthcare worker administers the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at JJ Hospital, Chennai. (Photo/The Hindu)
Out of 91,86,757 vaccinations, 61,79,669 healthcare workers have received the first dose, 3,42,116 have received the second dose, while 26,64,972 frontline workers have been inoculated.
A total of 37 people have been hospitalized post-vaccination till now, while 29 deaths have been reported. The percentage of hospitalization against vaccination is 0.0004 per cent.
“No case of serious/severe AEFI/death attributable to vaccination till date,” the ministry said in a statement.
The vaccination of the healthcare workers had started on January 16 while the frontline workers started receiving the vaccine shots from February 2.