New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): With 13,04,412 vaccine doses administered till 7 pm on Wednesday, the cumulative number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered in the country has surpassed 6.43 crore, informed the Union Health Ministry.
A total of 6,43,58,765 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 pm today, the 75th day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination.
These include 82,47,288 health care workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and 52,38,705 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 91,34,627 frontline workers (FLWs) 1st dose, 39,23,172 FLWs (2nd dose), 3,00,39,599 1st dose beneficiaries and 86,869 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 76,74,934 (1st dose) and 13,571 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 and above with specific co-morbidities, according to the Health Ministry.
11,07,413 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 1,96,999 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of the vaccine as per the provisional report.
Meanwhile, India reported 53,480 new COVID-19 cases and 354 related deaths in the last 24 hours, the Ministry said.
With this, the total number of cases in the country has surged to 1,21,49,335. The death toll in India has soared up to 1,62,468. At present, 5,52,566 cases are active in the country.
COVID-19 vaccination for people above 45 years from Thursday
The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination for people above 45 years of age will start from Thursday.
Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary, and Dr. R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) and Chairperson, Empowered Group on COVID vaccination chaired a high-level meeting to review the status, pace, and issues regarding COVID vaccination across the country as well as the preparations for April when vaccination would be extended to all persons above the age of 45.
The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had on Tuesday announced that from April 1 all people above 45 years will be eligible for vaccination.
According to the Health Ministry, advance appointments for vaccination can be booked through http://cowin.gov.in, or one can visit their nearest vaccination center after 3 pm and get on-site registration done.
“From April 1 all people above 45 yrs of age will be eligible for vaccination. Advance appointments can be booked through http://cowin.gov.in. If you don’t want to do this, you can go to your nearest vaccination center after 3 pm and go for on-site registration,” Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said during a press meet yesterday.
He had further stated that those who want to go for on-site registration need to go to their nearest vaccination center after 3 pm with an identity document. The document can be an Aadhaar Card,d voter ID, bank passbook, passport, and ration card.
Meanwhile, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 6.43 crore today, said the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday.
Active COVID-19 cases in India crosses 5.5 lakh mark
As India recorded 53,480 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24-hours, the total active cases in the country crossed the 5.5 lakh mark.
The union health ministry on Wednesday informed that eight states accounted for 84.73 per cent of the COVID-19 cases registered in the country in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra continued to report the highest number of daily cases with 39,544.
India witnessed 354 deaths due to COVID-19 in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,62,468. Six states accounted for 82.20 per cent of the new 354 deaths. With 227, Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties.
Furthermore, 41,280 recovered from the disease taking the nationwide recovery tally to 1,14,34,301. There are 5,52,566 active cases in the nation as of now.
According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), 10,22,915 samples were tested on Tuesday. A total of 24,36,72,940 samples have been tested so far.
Maharashtra reported 39,544 new COVID-19 cases, 23,600 discharges and 227 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the state health department.
5,394 COVID-19 cases were recorded in Mumbai, taking the cumulative count to 4,14,714. At present, there are 51,411 active cases in Mumbai.
According to the Delhi health department, the national capital reported 1,819 new coronavirus cases, 399 recoveries and 11 deaths. There are 8,838 active cases in Delhi.
Karanataka reported 4,225 new COVID-19 cases including 2,928 cases from Bengaluru Urban, 1492 discharges and 26 deaths.
Kerala reported 2653 COVID-19 cases today. The number of active cases now at 25,249, while, so far 10,94,404 patients have recovered.
Gujarat reported 2360 new COVID-19 cases, 2004 discharges and 9 deaths in the last 24 hours.
As many as 2,579 new COVID-19 cases, 1,527 recoveries and 19 deaths were recorded in Tamil Nadu today.
Active cases in Madhya Pradesh reached 17,096 after the state witnessed a spike of 2,332 cases.
Uttarakhand reported 293 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of cases to 1,00,411.
Andhra Pradesh reported 1184 new cases of COVID-19 and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.
A total of 6,43,58,765 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 pm today, the 75th day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination.
As many as 11,07,413 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 1,96,999 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of the vaccine as per the provisional report.
The vaccination drive in the country for those above 45 years will begin from April 1.
The Centre has urged the states and the union territories (UTs) to maintain vaccine wastage at less than one per cent. (ANI)
