Written By: Longjam Dineshwori | Published : February 9, 2021 1:51 PM IST
Image credits by: As of 15 March, India’s total vaccination stands at 2,99,08,038
India is the third topmost country in the world in terms of the number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, stated on Monday. Only the United States and the United Kingdom remain ahead of India, it added.
The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has been increasing. More than 2 lakh beneficiaries, including healthcare and frontline workers, were vaccinated on Monday, taking the tally of vaccinated population above the 6 million-mark, the Union Health Ministry said.
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🔷 India becomes the Fastest to reach 6 million vaccinations 🔶 More than 60 lakh Beneficiaries Vaccinated 🔷 2,23,298 beneficiaries vaccinated till 6 pm today@PMOIndia#Unite2FightCoronapic.twitter.com/tUqNJM0jWQ Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) February 8, 2021
According to the data shared by the ministry, 2,23,298 people received Covid-19 vaccine shots till 6 pm on Monday through 8,257 sessions held across the country.
As of Tuesday, the total number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against Covid-19 has reached 62,59,008.
The country will start distributing second dose of coronavirus vaccine to beneficiaries from 13 February, the health ministry said.
All states/ UTs were advised to schedule all identified healthcare workers for vaccination at least once before 20th Feb 2021 and all frontline workers to be vaccinated at least once before 6th March 2021, and immediately thereafter organize mop-up rounds for them.
Notably, India started the world's biggest Covid vaccination drive from 16 January and it is targeting to vaccinate 30 crore people in the next few months. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier announced that the Covid-19 vaccine will be free for the first 3 crore priority recipients - healthcare and frontline workers.
The government has identified four priority groups for Covid vaccination - healthcare providers and workers (1 crore); frontline workers including personnel from state and central police departments, armed forces, home guard and civil defence organisation, and municipal workers (2 crore); people aged over 50 years, and those with comorbidities.
The two vaccines that are approved for use in the country Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield are both Made in India.
As on February 9, 2021, till 12 pm, India's active caseload stands at 1,43,625 and cumulative recoveries is 1.05cr (1,05,48,521). So, far 1.5 lakh people have succumbed to the disease. However, there has been a significant drop in the number of daily deaths related to Covid-19. The country reported less than 80 daily deaths on Monday, lowest in nine months.
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78 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours. Five States account for 64.1% of the new deaths pic.twitter.com/llGL6VG9ed Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) February 9, 2021
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