The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed13 Cr today as part of the world’s largest vaccination drive.

Cumulatively, 13,01,19,310 vaccine doses have been administered through 19,01,413 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 92,01,728 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 58,17,262 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,15,62,535 FLWs (1^stdose), 58,55,821 FLWs (2^nddose), 4,73,55,942 1^st dose beneficiaries and 53,04,679 2^nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 4,35,25,687 (1^st dose) and 14,95,656 (2^nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.

Eight states account for 59.25% of the total doses given so far in the country.

The graph below highlights the vaccine doses administered in the top 8 states.

Over 29 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

As on Day-95 of the vaccination drive (20^th April, 2021), 29,90,197 vaccine doses were given.19,86,711 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 42,384 sessions for 1^st dose and 10,03,486 beneficiaries received 2^nd dose of vaccine.

2,95,041 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

Ten States including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka,Kerala,Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and Rajasthan report 76.32% of the new cases.

Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 62,097. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh with 29,574 while Delhi reported 28,395 new cases.

Twelve states, as shown under, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

India’s total Active Caseload has reached 21,57,538. It now comprises 13.82% of the country's total Positive Cases. A net incline of 1,25,561 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

The five States of Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala cumulatively account for 60.86% of India’s total Active Cases.

India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,32,76,039 today. The National Recovery Rate is 85.01%.

1,67,457 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.

The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.17%.

2,023 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Ten States account for 82.6% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (519). Delhi follows with 277 daily deaths.

Nine States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are D&D & D&N, Meghalaya, Tripura, Sikkim, Mizoram, Lakshadweep, Nagaland, A&N Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.

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