Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination
More than 15 lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country
1,46,598 beneficiaries vaccinated till 6 pm on 8th day of vaccination drive
Only 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations
A training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries using Indian Vaccines conducted by MoHFW
Posted On:
23 JAN 2021 7:31PM by PIB Delhi
The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the eighth day as well.
The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 15 lakh today. A total of 15,37,190 beneficiaries (till 6 pm today) vaccinated through 27,776 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,368 sessions were held till 6 pm today.
1,46,598 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the eighth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.
|
S. No.
|
State/UT
|
Beneficiaries vaccinated
(provisional data)
|
|
1
|
A & N Islands
|
530
|
|
2
|
Andhra Pradesh
|
11,562
|
|
3
|
Arunachal Pradesh
|
525
|
|
4
|
Bihar
|
12,165
|
|
5
|
Chandigarh
|
345
|
|
6
|
Chhattisgarh
|
8,138
|
|
7
|
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
|
83
|
|
8
|
Daman & Diu
|
189
|
|
9
|
Delhi
|
6,111
|
|
10
|
Goa
|
615
|
|
11
|
Gujarat
|
22,063
|
|
12
|
Haryana
|
9,188
|
|
13
|
Himachal Pradesh
|
3,935
|
|
14
|
Jammu & Kashmir
|
1,820
|
|
15
|
Karnataka
|
3,669
|
|
16
|
Kerala
|
6,012
|
|
17
|
Ladakh
|
157
|
|
18
|
Lakshadweep
|
81
|
|
19
|
Maharashtra
|
21,751
|
|
20
|
Manipur
|
396
|
|
21
|
Meghalaya
|
158
|
|
22
|
Mizoram
|
322
|
|
23
|
Odisha
|
14,892
|
|
24
|
Puducherry
|
381
|
|
25
|
Punjab
|
8,968
|
|
26
|
Rajasthan
|
7,900
|
|
27
|
Tamil Nadu
|
4,642
|
|
|
All India
|
1,46,598
|
123 AEFIs have been reported till 6 pm on the eighth day of the vaccination drive.
Total 11 persons have been hospitalized so far. 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations. In last 24 hours, one person has been hospitalized at Government Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh who was vaccinated at 20th Jan 2021.
Total 6 deaths have been reported so far. In the last 24 hours, one person aged 56 years who was a resident of R/o Gurugram, Haryana has died. The Post-mortem confirms that Cardio-pulmonary disease was the reason for her death and it was not related to vaccination. None of these deaths have been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination.
A training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries (Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Seychelles & Sri Lanka) using Indian Vaccines was conducted by MoHFW covering all aspects of vaccine roll-out spread over 2 days.
In addition to 12 states currently using Covaxin, seven new States would be administering Covaxin from next week – Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & West Bengal. Orientation of all Programme Managers of these 7 States was conducted today by ICMR & MoHFW covering all aspects of implementation protocols.
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