Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 216.41 Cr


Over 4.07 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload currently stands at 46,848

5,747 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.71%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.74%

Posted On: 17 SEP 2022 10:04AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 216.41 Cr (2,16,41,70,550) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 4.07 Cr (4,07,90,629) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

 

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage

HCWs

1st Dose

1,04,14,794

2nd Dose

1,01,13,106

Precaution Dose

69,27,390

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,35,982

2nd Dose

1,77,09,540

Precaution Dose

1,34,76,576

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

4,07,90,629

2nd Dose

3,11,98,282

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

6,18,59,458

2nd Dose

5,28,13,182

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

56,10,40,711

2nd Dose

51,48,71,891

Precaution Dose

8,39,60,140

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,39,86,921

2nd Dose

19,67,40,923

Precaution Dose

4,40,80,159

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,76,39,372

2nd Dose

12,29,96,782

Precaution Dose

4,51,14,712

Precaution Dose

19,35,58,977

Total

2,16,41,70,550

 

 

India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 46,848. Active cases now constitute 0.11% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.71%. 5,618 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,39,53,374.

 

5,747 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,40,211 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 89.12 Cr (89,12,87,957) cumulative tests.

Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.74% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.69%.

 

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HFW/COVID States data/17 Sept 2022/3



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