Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 183.53 Cr


Over 1.36 Cr vaccine doses administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload declines to 15,378 today; stands at 0.04% of India’s total Positive Cases

1,259 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.75%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.25%

Posted On: 29 MAR 2022 9:46AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 183.53 Cr (1,83,53,90,499) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,18,49,698 sessions.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 1.36 Cr (1,36,84,215) 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

1,04,03,540

2nd Dose

99,97,372

Precaution Dose

44,34,514

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,12,938

2nd Dose

1,75,04,076

Precaution Dose

68,19,657

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

1,36,84,215

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

5,69,24,555

2nd Dose

3,74,81,738

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

55,43,83,974

2nd Dose

46,42,96,274

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,27,08,609

2nd Dose

18,49,49,757

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,67,09,234

2nd Dose

11,52,04,183

Precaution Dose

1,14,75,863

Precaution Dose

2,27,30,034

Total

1,83,53,90,499

 

Following a continuous downward trend, India’s Active Caseload has declined to 15,378 today, constituting 0.04% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%. 1,705 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,24,85,534.

 

1,259 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 5,77,559 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 78.79 Cr (78,79,32,913) 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 0.25% and the Daily Positivity rate is also reported to be 0.22%.

 

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HFW/COVID States data/29th March2022/3



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