Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 101.30 Cr
More than 68 Lakh doses administered in last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.16%; Highest since March 2020
16,326 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload (1,73,728) is lowest in 233 days
Weekly Positivity Rate (1.24%) less than 2% for last 29 days
Posted On:
23 OCT 2021 9:55AM by PIB Delhi
With the administration of 68,48,417 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed 100 Cr mark to reach 101.30 Cr (1,01,30,28,411) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,00,29,602 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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1,03,78,004
|
|
2nd Dose
|
91,32,055
|
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,83,69,012
|
|
2nd Dose
|
1,56,73,375
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
1st Dose
|
40,43,88,714
|
|
2nd Dose
|
12,26,54,329
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
|
17,12,42,361
|
|
2nd Dose
|
8,99,14,788
|
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Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
|
10,77,01,034
|
|
2nd Dose
|
6,32,40,508
|
|
Total
|
1,01,30,28,411
|
The recovery of 17,677 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,35,32,126.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.16%. 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 118 consecutive days now.
16,326 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload remains below 2 lakh mark and is presently at 1,73,728 which is lowest in 233 days. Active cases presently constitute 0.51% of the country's total Positive Cases, which is lowest since March 2020.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of
13,64,681 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 59.84 Cr (59,84,31,162) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.24% remains less than 2% for the last 29 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.20%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 19 days and below 3% for 54 consecutive days now.
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HFW/COVID States data/23rd October2021/3
(Release ID: 1765892)
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