Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 104.04 Cr
Recovery Rate currently at 98.20%; Highest since March 2020
16,156 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload (1,60,989) is lowest in 243 days
Weekly Positivity Rate (1.19%) less than 2% for last 34 days
Posted On:
28 OCT 2021 10:09AM by PIB Delhi
With the administration of 49,09,254 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 104.04 Cr (1,04,04,99,873) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,03,62,667sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
|
HCWs
|
1st Dose
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1,03,78,578
|
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2nd Dose
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91,82,272
|
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
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1,83,70,444
|
|
2nd Dose
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1,58,24,383
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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41,26,09,938
|
|
2nd Dose
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13,34,07,626
|
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Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
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17,33,06,910
|
|
2nd Dose
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9,35,00,396
|
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Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
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10,88,31,281
|
|
2nd Dose
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6,50,88,045
|
|
Total
|
1,04,04,99,873
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The recovery of 17,095 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,36,14,434.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.20%. 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 123 consecutive days now.
16,156 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The Active Caseload is presently at 1,60,989 which is lowest in 243 days.Active cases presently constitute 0.47% 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
12,90,900tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 60.44 Cr (60,44,98,405) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 1.19% remains less than 2% for the last 34 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be 1.25%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 2% for last 24 days and below 3% for 59 consecutive days now.
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