Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Update on COVID-19 Vaccination


More than 23 Lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country

Nearly 3 Lakh beneficiaries vaccinated till 6 pm on 12th day of vaccination drive

Only 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations

No case of serious/severe AEFI or death attributable to vaccination till date

Posted On: 27 JAN 2021 7:45PM by PIB Delhi

The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the twelfth day. Planned sessions were conducted in 28 States/UTs.

The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 23 lakh today. A total of 23,28,779 beneficiaries (till 6 pm today) were vaccinated through 41,599 sessions, as per the provisional report. 2,99,299  beneficiaries were vaccinated today through 5,308 sessions held till 6 pm.

Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

79% of beneficiaries vaccinated today are from 5 States of Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan.

 

The beneficiaries vaccinated today in the 28 States and UTs are as below:

 

S. No.

State/UT

Beneficiaries vaccinated

(provisional data)

1

Andhra Pradesh

8,491

2

Assam

162

3

Bihar

606

4

Chandigarh

285

5

Chhattisgarh

10,906

6

Delhi

6,441

7

Goa

476

8

Gujarat

1,366

9

Haryana

5,353

10

Himachal Pradesh

461

11

Jammu and Kashmir

158

12

Jharkhand

5,287

13

Karnataka

33,124

14

Kerala

10,541

15

Ladakh

141

16

Madhya Pradesh

60,194

17

Maharashtra

37,575

18

Manipur

360

19

Meghalaya

482

20

Mizoram

872

21

Nagaland

547

22

Odisha

1,195

23

Punjab

4,636

24

Rajasthan

71,632

25

Sikkim

257

26

Tamil Nadu

4,316

27

Uttarakhand

172

28

West Bengal

33,263

Total

2,99,299

 

123 AEFIs have been reported till 6 pm on the twelfth day of the vaccination drive.

Total 16 persons have been hospitalized so far. 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations.

In the last 24 hours, one person who is suffering from bacterial sepsis has been hospitalized at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. He was vaccinated on 23rd January and was hospitalized on 24th January.

Total 9 deaths have been reported so far. None of these deaths have been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination.

In the last 24 hours, one person aged 23 years, a resident of Odisha has died. The post-mortem report is awaited.

No case of serious/severe AEFI/Death attributable to vaccination till date.

 

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MV/SJ


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