India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 36.48 Cr

newsonline 3 years ago 2 min read

45,892 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours

India’s Active Caseload currently at 4,60,704; constitutes 1.50% of total cases

Daily Positivity Rate (2.42%) less than 5% for over a month

Posted On: 08 JUL 2021 10:24AM by PIB Delhi

India’s cumulative vaccination coverage exceeded 36.48 crore today as per the provisional report till 7 am today. A total of 36,48,47,549 vaccine doses have been administered through 47,40,833 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 33,81,671 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

These include:

HCWs	1^st Dose	1,02,38,831
HCWs	2^nd Dose	73,57,382
FLWs	1^st Dose	1,76,29,332
FLWs	2^nd Dose	97,78,648
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	10,63,61,310
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	31,93,918
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	9,21,04,824
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	2,14,42,733
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	6,95,55,573
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	2,71,84,998
Total		36,48,47,549

The new phase of universalization of COVID19 vaccination commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID19 vaccination throughout the country.

India has reported 45,892 daily new cases in the last 24 hours.

Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since eleven continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,60,704 and active cases are now only 1.50% of the country’s total Positive Cases.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 2,98,43,825 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 44,291 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.18%, which is showing a sustained increasing trend.

With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 18,93,800 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 42.52 crore (42,52,25,897) tests so far.

While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, a continued decline in weekly case positivity is noticed. Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.37% while the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.42% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained less than 3% for 17 consecutive days now, and has remained below 5% for over a month.