New Delhi, Apr 3 (UNI) India's cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine shots administered in the country crossed 7.3 crore mark on Saturday.
The cumulative vaccination figure includes over 6 crore (6,30,81,589) first doses, while the second dose numbers are also nearing the 1 crore mark (99,72,706).
Cumulatively, 7,30,54,295 vaccine doses have been administered through 11,53,614 sessions, as per the provisional report till 0700 hours, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said in a statement.
These include 89,32,642 HCWs (1st dose), 52,96,666 HCWs (2nd dose), 95,71,610 FLWs (1st dose) and 39,92,094 FLWs (2nd Dose) and4,45,77,337 (1st Dose) and 6,83,946 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged more than 45 years.
As on Day-77 of the vaccination drive (2nd April, 2021), 30,93,795 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 28,87,779 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 35,624 sessions for 1st dose and 2,06,016 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine, it added.
India on Saturday registered 89,129 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours, pushing the caseload to 1,23,92,260, while the death toll climbed to 1,64,110 with 714 more fatalities.
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