Mumbai: More than 22 cr vaccine doses provided to States, UTs so far, says Centre. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday has informed.
“The government of India has so far provided, both through the free of cost category and through direct state procurement category, more than 22 crore vaccine doses (22,00,59,880) to States and UTs”, informed an official release by the ministry.
However, the total consumption, including wastages is 20,13,74,636 doses (as per data available at 8 AM today).
More than 1.77 crore doses of anti-coronavirus vaccines are still available with the states and Union Territories, while seven lakh doses are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three days, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Though, as part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the central government has been supporting the states and Union Territories by providing the vaccines free of cost.
In addition, it has also been facilitating direct procurement of vaccines by the states and Union Territories.
The implementation of the liberalised and accelerated phase-3 strategy of Covid19 Vaccination has started from May 1, 2021.
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As per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday, the daily Covid19 positivity rate in India has reduced and now stands at 9.42 per cent, while the recoveries continue to outnumber the new cases for the 13th consecutive day.
Meanwhile, 2,08,921 new Covid19 cases and 4,157 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours in the country.
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