The cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID19 has reached 68.26 lakhs today. 68,26,898 beneficiaries were vaccinated through 1,42,455 sessions, as per the provisional report till 6 pm today. These include 56,65,172 HCWs (57.4%) and 11,61,726 FLWs (13.2%).

Total 2,15,133 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the twenty sixth  day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. These include 54,834 HCWs and 1,60,299 FLWs. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.7,707 sessions were held till 6 pm today.

33 States/UTs conducted the COVID vaccinations today.

Thirteen States/UT have vaccinated more than 65% of the registered HCWs. These are - Bihar, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, A & N Islands and Rajasthan.

On the other hand, Seven States/UTs have reported less than 40% coverage of registered HCWs. Punjab, Meghalaya, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Nagaland and Puducherry.

10 States, who recorded highest number of vaccinations, are Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Bihar.

Total 30 persons have been hospitalized so far. This comprises 0.0004% of the total vaccinations. Of the 30 cases of hospitalization, 19 were discharged after treatment, while nine persons died and two are under treatment. In the last 24 hours, one person who is suffering from Anaphylaxis has been hospitalized at JIPMER, Puducherry and is stable.

Total 23 deaths have been recorded till date. These comprise 0.0003% of the total vaccinations. Of the 23, nine persons died in the hospital while 14 deaths are recorded outside the hospital.

No New Death has been reported in last 24 hours.

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

****

MV/SJ