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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 181.21 Cr

More than 17 lakh vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload declines to 26,240 today; stands at 0.06% of India’s total Positive Cases

1,761 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.74%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.41%

Posted On: 20 MAR 2022 9:24AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 181.21 Cr (1,81,21,11,675) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,13,75,059 sessions.

 

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 17 lakh (17,36,464) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

 

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

 

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage

HCWs

1st Dose

1,04,03,036

2nd Dose

99,90,377

Precaution Dose

43,58,282

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,12,150

2nd Dose

1,74,88,506

Precaution Dose

66,63,768

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

17,36,464

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

5,62,03,581

2nd Dose

3,54,81,792

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

55,37,77,249

2nd Dose

45,94,05,421

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,26,11,031

2nd Dose

18,37,66,034

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,66,42,354

2nd Dose

11,44,60,178

Precaution Dose

1,07,11,452

Precaution Dose

2,17,33,502

Total

1,81,21,11,675

 

Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has declined to 26,240 today, constituting 0.06% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%.  3,196 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,65,122.

 

1,761 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,31,973 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.26 Cr (78,26,60,658) cumulative tests.

There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.41% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.41%.

 

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