Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 181.24 Cr
Nearly 18 lakh vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years
India's Active caseload declines to 25,106 today; stands at 0.06% of India’s total Positive Cases
1,549 new cases reported in the last 24 hours
Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.74%
Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.40%
Posted On:
21 MAR 2022 9:20AM by PIB Delhi
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 181.24 Cr (1,81,24,97,303) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,14,03,116 sessions.
COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, nearly 18 lakh (17,99,684) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:
Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
|
HCWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,04,03,046
|
2nd Dose
|
99,90,717
|
Precaution Dose
|
43,59,722
|
FLWs
|
1st Dose
|
1,84,12,172
|
2nd Dose
|
1,74,89,088
|
Precaution Dose
|
66,66,494
|
Age Group 12-14 years
|
1st Dose
|
17,99,684
|
Age Group 15-18 years
|
1st Dose
|
5,62,15,365
|
2nd Dose
|
3,55,29,066
|
Age Group 18-44 years
|
1st Dose
|
55,37,95,114
|
2nd Dose
|
45,95,63,393
|
Age Group 45-59 years
|
1st Dose
|
20,26,14,621
|
2nd Dose
|
18,38,06,629
|
Over 60 years
|
1st Dose
|
12,66,44,476
|
2nd Dose
|
11,44,84,897
|
Precaution Dose
|
1,07,22,819
|
Precaution Dose
|
2,17,49,035
|
Total
|
1,81,24,97,303
|
Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has declined to 25,106 today, constituting 0.06% of the country's total Positive Cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.74%. 2,652 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,67,774.
1,549 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,84,499 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.30 Cr (78,30,45,157) cumulative tests.
There has been a sustained fall in the weekly and daily Positivity Rates too. Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.40% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.40%.
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HFW/COVID States data/21st March2022/3
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