Karnataka Becomes First State To Vaccinate Over 2 Lakh Healthcare Workers

TPI Staff January 25, 2021

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Mumbai: Karnataka has become the first state in the country to vaccinate more than 2 lakh healthcare workers against COVID-19. As of 2:00 pm on Monday, 2,06,577 healthcare workers had been vaccinated against COVID-19, said the state health department.

According to the provisional report of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), by 7.30 pm on Sunday, the cumulative number of health workers vaccinated against COVID-19 in the country crossed 16 lakhs (16,13,667).

India has recorded 13,203 new COVID-19 cases, 13,298 discharges and 131 deaths in the last 24 hours as per MoHFW report. With this, the total coronavirus cases in the country have increased to 1,06,67,736, including 1,84,182 active cases and 1,03,30,084 total discharges.

The total death toll in the country due to the infection mounted to 1,53,470 including the new deaths.

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