Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 134.61 Cr
More than 68 Lakh doses administered in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently at 98.38% is highest since March 2020
6,984 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours
India's Active Caseload currently stands at 87,562
Weekly Positivity Rate (0.67%) less than 1% for last 31 days
Posted On:
15 DEC 2021 9:49AM by PIB Delhi
With the administration of 68,89,025 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 134.61 Cr (1,34,61,14,483) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 1,41,10,887 sessions.
The break-up of the cumulative figureas per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
|
HCWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,03,85,790
|
|
2nd Dose
|
96,15,068
|
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,83,83,347
|
|
2nd Dose
|
1,67,16,936
|
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
1st Dose
|
48,14,22,451
|
|
2nd Dose
|
27,76,64,395
|
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
|
19,03,00,963
|
|
2nd Dose
|
13,55,74,432
|
|
Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
|
11,89,49,012
|
|
2nd Dose
|
8,71,02,089
|
|
Total
|
1,34,61,14,483
|
The recovery of 8,168 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,41,46,931.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.38%,highest since March 2020.
Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 15,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for last 48days now.
6,984 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
India’s Active Caseloadis presently at 87,562. Active cases constitute 0.25% 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 11,84,883 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 65.88 Cr (65,88,47,816) cumulative tests.
While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 0.67% remains less than 1% for the last 31 days now. The Daily Positivity rate reported to be0.59%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below2% for last 72 days and below 3% for 107 consecutive days now.
****
MV
HFW/COVID States data/15thDecember2021/3
(Release ID: 1781585)
Visitor Counter : 1244