Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 98.67 Cr
More than 87 Lakh doses administered in last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.14%; Highest since March 2020
13,058 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload (1,83,118) is lowest since March 2020
Weekly Positivity Rate (1.36%) less than 3% for last 116 days
Posted On:
19 OCT 2021 9:36AM by PIB Delhi
With the administration of 87,41,160 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 98.67 Cr (98,67,69,411) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 97,44,653 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
|
HCWs
|
1st Dose
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1,03,76,000
|
|
2nd Dose
|
90,91,443
|
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,83,62,479
|
|
2nd Dose
|
1,55,61,415
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
1st Dose
|
39,58,41,135
|
|
2nd Dose
|
11,40,66,397
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
|
16,84,48,531
|
|
2nd Dose
|
8,71,46,650
|
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Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
|
10,60,88,795
|
|
2nd Dose
|
6,17,86,566
|
|
Total
|
98,67,69,411
|
The recovery of 19,470 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,34,58,801.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.14%. Recovery Rate is currently at its highest peak since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 114 consecutive days now.
13,058 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Daily New cases reported to be lowest in 231 days now.
The Active Caseload has fallen below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,83,118, which is now lowest since March 2020. Active cases presently constitute 0.54% of the country's total Positive Cases.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
11,81,314 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.31 Cr (59,31,06,188) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.36% remains less than 3% for the last 116 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.11%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 3% for last 50 days and below 5% for 133 consecutive days now.
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HFW/COVID States data/19th October2021/2
(Release ID: 1764821)
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