The Health Ministry stated that the number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 9.43 cr on Friday. According to the provisional report, through 14,28,500 sessions, India has administered 9,43,34,262 vaccine doses.
MoHFW said, “These include 89,74,511 health care workers(HCWs) who have taken the first dose and 54,49,151 HCWs who have taken the second dose, 98,10,164 frontline workers(first dose), 45,43,954 (second dose), 3,75,68,033 first dose beneficiaries and 13,61,367 second dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 2,61,03,814(first dose) and 5,23,268(second dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60”.
Daily new cases of Covid-19 are rising in India. In the last 24 hours, 1,31,968 new cases are reported. The Ministry said, “Ten states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan have shown a rise in the Covid daily new cases. 83.29% of the new cases are reported from these 10 states.Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 56,286. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 10,652 while Uttar Pradesh reported 8,474 new cases”.
Maharashtra accounts for the maximum active caseload of the country. The national recovery rate is 91.22%. The Ministry further added, “780 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. Ten states account for 92.82% of the new deaths”.