40.49 Cr. Vaccine Doses administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 3,02,69,796total recoveries across the country so far Recovery Rate increases to 97.31% 42,004patients recovered during last 24 hours India reports 41,157new cases in last 24 hours India's Active Caseload currently at 4,22,660 Active cases constitute 1.36% of total cases Weekly Positivity Rate remainsbelow5%, currently at 2.08% Daily positivity rate at 2.13%, less than 3% for 27consecutive days Testing capacity substantially ramped up – 44.39crore tests conducted(Total)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PRESS INFORMATION BUREAU

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

COVID-19 Update

 

• India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 40 Cr

 

• Recovery Rate increases to 97.31%

 

• 41,157 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours

 

• India's Active Caseload (4,22,660) presently constitutes 1.36% of total cases

 

• Daily Positivity Rate (2.13%) less than 3% for 27 consecutive days

 

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the landmark of40crores. Cumulatively,40,49,31,715vaccine doses have been administered through 50,46,387 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 51,01,567vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.These include:

HCWs	1st Dose	1,02,69,092
	2nd Dose	75,40,656
FLWs	1st Dose	1,77,92,396
	2nd Dose	1,03,48,504
Age Group 18-44 years	1st Dose	12,42,65,428
	2nd Dose	48,64,609
Age Group 45-59 years	1st Dose	9,74,79,640
	2nd Dose	2,90,71,946
Over 60 years	1st Dose	7,20,87,206
	2nd Dose	3,12,12,238
Total		40,49,31,715

 

The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,02,69,796people have already recovered from COVID-19 and42,004patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.31%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

India has reported 41,157 daily new cases in the last 24 hours.

Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since twenty-one continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,22,660 and active cases now constitute1.36% of the country's total Positive Cases.

With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 19,36,709 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 44.39 crore (44,39,58,663) tests so far.

While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.08% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.13% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained less than 3% for 27 consecutive days, and has remained below 5% for 41 consecutive days now.

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1736493

 

 

COVID-19 Vaccination Update

 

More than 41.99 Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs

 

More than 2.56 Crore balance and unutilized doses still available with States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered

 

As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply (free of cost) 75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to States and UTs.

VACCINE DOSES	(As on 18 July 2021)
SUPPLIED	41,99,68,590
IN PIPELINE	15,75,140
CONSUMPTION	39,42,97,344
BALANCE AVAILABLE	2,56,71,246

 

More than 41.99 crore (41,99,68,590) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through all sources and a further 15,75,140 doses are in the pipeline.

Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 39,42,97,344 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).

More than 2.56 Cr (2,56,71,246) balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs and private hospitals to be administered.

Details: https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1736495

 

Important Tweets

 

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— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) July 17, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

State-wise details of Total Confirmed #COVID19 cases (till 18th July, 2021, 8 AM)

➡️States with 1-100000 confirmed cases
➡️States with 100001-800000 confirmed cases
➡️States with 800000+ confirmed cases
➡️Total no. of confirmed cases so far#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/yTbpaDyAey

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) July 18, 2021

#CoronaVirusUpdates:

📍Total #COVID19 Cases in India (as on July 18th, 2021)

▶97.31% Cured/Discharged/Migrated (3,02,69,796)
▶1.36% Active cases (4,22,660)
▶1.33% Deaths (4,13,609)

Total COVID-19 confirmed cases = Cured/Discharged/Migrated+Active cases+Deaths#StaySafe pic.twitter.com/lpevyOEpgi

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) July 18, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

📍More than 18.5 crore doses administered in first 27 days of the World's Largest Free-For-All Vaccination Drive launched on June 21, 2021. (As on July 18, 2021)

➡️ But this fight isn't over yet, strengthen the country's endeavour by getting #Vaccinated pic.twitter.com/ykgjZvwG5h

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) July 18, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:#COVID19Vaccination Status (As on 18th July, 2021, 8:00 AM)

✅Total vaccine doses administered (so far): 40,49,31,715

✅Vaccine doses administered (in last 24 hours): 51,01,567#We4Vaccine #LargestVaccinationDrive@ICMRDELHI @DBTIndia pic.twitter.com/KDGJLpkgt3

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) July 18, 2021

#IndiaFightsCorona:

📍#𝑪𝑶𝑽𝑰𝑫19 𝑽𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑫𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒔: 𝑨𝒈𝒆-𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒆 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 (As on July 18th, 2021, till 09:00 AM)

✅ Above 60 years: 26.1%
✅ 45-60 years: 34.3%
✅ 18-44 years: 39.6%#We4Vaccine#LargestVaccinationDrive#Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/FH4i6UTH5d

— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) July 18, 2021

Vaccination in full swing in the State of Manipur. The enthusiasm towards vaccination shows the commitment of the Community towards fighting the pandemic. #LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/qByP82doty

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) July 18, 2021

UP CM Yogi Adityanath reviews Covid-19 situation in state; Says #COVID19 infection has not come to end and in such situation a little negligence might cause big problem.

— All India Radio News (@airnewsalerts) July 18, 2021

Are COVID Vaccines effective against the new variants of the virus? Watch to know what Dr. Sujeet Kumar Singh, Director - National Centre for Disease Control, has to say! To Know more, visit: https://t.co/t8yHLhHqZa #IndiaFightsCorona @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/kSHlOaeBrj

— MyGovIndia (@mygovindia) July 17, 2021

 

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