Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage nearly 40 Cr
Recovery Rate increases to 97.31%
38,079 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload (4,24,025) presently constitutes 1.36% of total cases
Daily Positivity Rate (1.91%) less than 3% for 26 consecutive days
Posted On:
17 JUL 2021 10:48AM by PIB Delhi
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage is nearing the landmark of 40 crores. Cumulatively, 39,96,95,879 vaccine doses have been administered through 50,09,914 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 42,12,557 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
These include:
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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1,02,66,074
|
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2nd Dose
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75,14,892
|
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,77,79,913
|
|
2nd Dose
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1,02,62,953
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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12,18,20,703
|
|
2nd Dose
|
46,11,997
|
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Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
|
9,69,30,030
|
|
2nd Dose
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2,79,89,513
|
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Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
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7,18,68,506
|
|
2nd Dose
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3,06,51,298
|
|
Total
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39,96,95,879
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The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.
Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,02,27,792 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 43,916 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.31%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.
India has reported 38,079daily new cases in the last 24 hours.
Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since twenty continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.
India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,24,025and active cases now constitute1.36% of the country's total Positive Cases.
With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 19,98,715tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 44.20 crore (44,20,21,954) tests so far.
While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.10% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 1.91% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained less than 3% for 26 consecutive days, and has remained below 5% for 40 consecutive days now.
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HFW/COVID States data/17thJuly2021/2
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