Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 209.40 Cr

Over 3.99 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload currently stands at 1,01,166

13,272 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.58%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 3.87%

Posted On: 20 AUG 2022 9:39AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 209.40 Cr (2,09,40,48,140) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,78,34,092 sessions.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.99 Cr (3,99,22,101) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.

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

 

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage

HCWs

1st Dose

1,04,13,413

2nd Dose

1,01,00,868

Precaution Dose

66,15,955

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,33,464

2nd Dose

1,76,88,704

Precaution Dose

1,28,61,388

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

3,99,22,101

2nd Dose

2,94,71,525

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

6,15,36,693

2nd Dose

5,19,25,571

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

56,01,95,227

2nd Dose

51,15,83,746

Precaution Dose

4,75,13,724

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,38,25,961

2nd Dose

19,59,47,673

Precaution Dose

2,81,88,517

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,75,32,399

2nd Dose

12,24,69,258

Precaution Dose

3,78,21,953

Precaution Dose

13,30,01,537

Total

2,09,40,48,140

 

India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 1,01,166. Active cases now constitute 0.23% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.58%. 13,900 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,36,99,435.

 

13,272 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,15,231 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 88.21 Cr (88,21,88,283) cumulative tests.

Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 3.87% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 4.21%.

 

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HFW/COVID States data/20 Aug 2022/3

 



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