Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 179.33 Cr


More than 18.69 lakh Vaccine Doses administered in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.69%

4,575 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours

India's Active Caseload currently stands at 46,962

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.62%

Posted On: 09 MAR 2022 9:39AM by PIB Delhi

With the administration of more than 18.69 lakh Doses (18,69,103) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 179.33 Cr (1,79,33,99,555) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.

This has been achieved through 2,08,48,528 sessions. The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

 

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage

HCWs

1st Dose

1,04,02,292

2nd Dose

99,78,958

Precaution Dose

42,68,734

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,10,832

2nd Dose

1,74,66,501

Precaution Dose

64,41,480

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

5,55,80,872

2nd Dose

3,20,34,392

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

55,28,59,320

2nd Dose

45,16,84,524

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,24,50,051

2nd Dose

18,18,71,562

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,65,40,606

2nd Dose

11,32,63,060

Precaution Dose

1,01,46,371

Precaution Dose

2,08,56,585

Total

1,79,33,99,555

 

7,416 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,13,566.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.69%.

 

4,575 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

India’s Active Caseload is presently at 46,962. Active cases constitute 0.11% 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 8,97,904 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 77.52 Cr (77,52,08,471) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.62% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.51%.

 

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