Mumbai: In a recent development, India had administered 108.2 million coronavirus vaccine doses across the country by Monday evening.
In all, 108,292,423 vaccine doses have been given in the country till now. Which includes 9,032,665 healthcare workers who have had their first dose and 5,556,375 who have got their second dose as well. As many as 10,068,531 frontline workers have had their first dose while 4,891,565 have got their second dose too.
Earlier, 3,763,858 vaccine doses were given on Monday, till 8 pm as per the provisional report.
On Tuesday, India registered 161,736 new cases in 24 hours.
With this, the total number of cases reached 13,689,453, according to the Union health ministry’s data. The number of fatalities due to the virus also increased, with 879 deaths registered in the last 24 hours, forcing many states to impose curbs.
Meanwhile, On Monday evening, the country’s drug regulator approved the emergency use of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine. This will be the third vaccine after Covishield and Covaxin to be accessible to Indians as reported outside the stock states when cases are growing at an unprecedented pace.
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