With the administration of more than 30.49 lakh (30,49,988) COVID-19 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 176.52 crore (1,76,52,31,385) as per provisional reports till 7 am today, informed the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.
This has been achieved through 2,01,49,530 sessions, stated the ministry.
As per the ministry, of the total doses administered so far to the health care workers (HLW's), 1,04,01,131 have received the first dose, 99,60,537 have received the second vaccine dose and 41,13,480 have been administered the precaution doses.
According to the ministry, 1,84,08,724 frontline workers were administered the first dose, 1,74,30,375 with the second dose and 60,92,569 with the precaution doses.
5,42,63,490 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose and 2,47,48,744 vaccine doses were given as the second dose in the age group 15-18 years.
55,10,97,609 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose and 43,99,93,963 vaccine doses were given as the second dose in the age group 18-44 years.
Similarly, for the age group of 45-59 years, 20,21,57,669 have received the first dose and 17,92,34,856 have received the second dose whereas, 12,63,13,709 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose, 11,16,53,849 as second and 93,60,680 as precaution doses to the people over 60 years.
30,009 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,22,19,896. Consequently, India's recovery rate stands at 98.46 per cent, the Ministry stated.
14,148 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing India's Active Caseload presently at 1,48,359. The active cases constitute 0.35 per cent of the country's total Positive Cases.
The Ministry further added the testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 11,55,147 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 76.35 Cr (76,35,69,165) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, the weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 1.60 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 1.22 per cent.
(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Dear Reader,
Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Your encouragement and constant feedback on how to improve our offering have only made our resolve and commitment to these ideals stronger. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance.
We, however, have a request.
As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Our subscription model has seen an encouraging response from many of you, who have subscribed to our online content. More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. We believe in free, fair and credible journalism. Your support through more subscriptions can help us practise the journalism to which we are committed.
Support quality journalism and subscribe to Business Standard.
Digital Editor
RECOMMENDED FOR YOU