Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 217.96 Cr


Over 4.09 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload currently stands at 40,979

3,615 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.72%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 1.55%

Posted On: 28 SEP 2022 9:15AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 217.96 Cr (2,17,96,31,500) 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 4.09 Cr (4,09,73,196) 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

10415087

2nd Dose

10117967

Precaution Dose

6998924

FLWs

1st Dose

18436621

2nd Dose

17715423

Precaution Dose

13607954

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

40973196

2nd Dose

31611534

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

61928040

2nd Dose

53002753

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

561227311

2nd Dose

515573253

Precaution Dose

92119105

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

204021387

2nd Dose

196922348

Precaution Dose

47448650

Over 60 years

1st Dose

127663408

2nd Dose

123112757

Precaution Dose

46735782

Precaution Dose

20,69,10,415

Total

2,17,96,31,500

 

India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 40,979. Active cases now constitute 0.09% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.72%. 4,972 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,40,09,525.

 

3,615 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 3,23,293 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 89.44 Cr (89,44,16,853) cumulative tests.

Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 1.55% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 1.12%.

 

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HFW/COVID States data/28 Sept 2022/3



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