As of now, 111.40 crore vaccine doses have already been administered in the country under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive. (Image Source: PTI)Coronavirus Variants and Vaccinations, Coronavirus Active Cases in India Today News, Covid-19 recent cases: India has recorded 11,850 new cases and 555 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The number of active caseload stands at 1,36,308 which is the lowest in 274 days. However, the case fatality rate has increased to 1.35%. As of now, 111.40 crore vaccine doses have already been administered in the country under the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive.
A health department official has said that four new COVID-19 cases were reported in Arunachal Pradesh on Saturday with the tally rising to 55,212. The infection count in Maharashtra’s Thane rose to 5,67,409 after 130 fresh cases were registered. According to the official data, out of the latest 555 Covid-19 fatalities, 471 are from Kerala and 41 from Maharashtra. The government data also shows a total of 4,63,245 deaths reported so far in the country, including 1,40,516 from Maharashtra, 38,140 from Karnataka, 36,259 from Tamil Nadu, 35,511 from Kerala, 25,093 from Delhi, 22,905 from Uttar Pradesh and 19,294 from West Bengal.
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More than 123 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses have so far been provided to the states and Union territories through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and under the direct state procurement category, the Union health ministry said on Saturday. More than 18.53 crore (18,53,90,836) balance and unutilised Covid vaccine doses are still available with the states, it added. The Centre is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, the ministry said. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to the states to enable better planning by them and the streamlining of the vaccine supply chain, it said. As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has been supporting the states and Union territories by providing Covid vaccines to them for free. In the new phase of universalisation of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Centre will procure and supply (free of cost) 75 per cent of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to the states, the ministry said. (PTI)