India has recorded a significant achievement in its countrywide COVID19 vaccination drive which was rolled out from 16^th January 2021. More than 2 million vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

As on Day-52 of the vaccination drive (8^th March, 2021), 20,19,723 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 17,15,380 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 28,884 sessions for 1^st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and 3,04,343HCWs and FLWs received 2^nd dose of vaccine.

More than 2.3 cr (2,30,08,733) vaccine doses have been administered through 4,05,517 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.

These include 70,75,010 HCWs (1st dose), 37,39,478HCWs (2nd dose), 67,92,319FLWs (1^st dose) and 3,25,972 FLWs (2^nd Dose), 7,01,809 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1^st Dose) and 43,74,145 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.

Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Karnataka continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. They cumulatively account for 84.04% of the new cases reported in the past 24 hours.

15,388 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 8,744. It is followed by Kerala with 1,412 while Punjab reported 1,229 new cases.

Eight states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

India’s total Active Caseload has reached 1,87,462 today. India’s present active caseload now stands at 1.67% of India’s total Positive Cases.

The graph below shows the distribution of new cases in the last 24 hours. Four states- Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura did not report any new Covid19 cases, while 3 states- Maharashtra, Punjab and Kerala reported over 1000 new COVID19 cases in the last 24 hours.

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