India becomes the 3rd Topmost Country to give Highest Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine
India has become the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The United States and the United Kingdom attains
India has become the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. The United States and the United Kingdom attains the first and the second position.
The ministry said 12 states in India have vaccinated more than two lakh beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 6,73,542 of all vaccinated beneficiaries. Till February 8th, a total of 60,35,660 lakh beneficiaries have received the vaccine under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination exercise.
The cumulative vaccination coverage includes 54,12,270 healthcare workers and 6,23,390 frontline workers, the ministry said.
In a span of 24 hours, 60,35,660 beneficiaries in 1,15,178 sessions so far.
“There has been a sustained increase in the number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day,” the ministry said.
“In another significant development, the country has reported less than 80 daily deaths in the last 24 hours, the lowest in nine months,” it said. The country’s total COVID-19 active case is 1.48 lakh which consists of 1.37 per cent of India’s total infections.
India’s cumulative recoveries surged to 1.05 crore. A total of 12,059 new daily cases have been recorded in a span of 24 hours whereas 11,805 patients have recovered and discharged during the same period.
The ministry said 81.07 per cent of the new recovered cases are observed to be concentrated in 6 states and UTs.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single-day recoveries with 6,178 newly recovered cases. A total of 1,739 people recovered in Maharashtra in a span of 24 hours followed by 503 in Tamil Nadu.
The ministry said 84.83 per cent of the daily new cases are from 6 States and UTs. Kerala reports the highest daily new cases followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka.
Five states and UTs account for 69.23 per cent of the daily deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties followed by Kerala and Punjab.
Seventeen states and UTs have not reported any deaths in a span of 24 hours. These include Haryana, Goa, Jammu, and Kashmir (UT), Jharkhand, Puducherry, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura.
