With Over 20 Lakh Doses, India Records Highest Single-Day COVID-19 Vaccinations
Mumbai: The Union Health Ministry reported on Saturday that with more than 2 million COVID-19 vaccine doses, India recorded the highest number of vaccinations on a single day on Friday.
Doses of 20,53,537 vaccines were administered on the 56th day of the vaccination campaign (12 March) through 30,561 sessions.
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A total of 16,39,663 beneficiaries including health care workers (HCWs) and front-line workers (FLWs) were vaccinated with the first dose and 4,13,874 HCWs and FLWs received the second dose of the vaccine.
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So far, a total of 2,82,18,457 doses of the vaccine have been administered through 4,86,314 sessions. Eight states constituted 74 per cent of the 20,53,537 doses in the last 24 hours. Uttar Pradesh tops with more than 3.3 lakh doses.
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Ten states account for 69 per cent of the country’s second dose of vaccination. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 9.71 per cent (4,99,242) of the total second dose vaccination.
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The country currently has 2,02,022 active cases, 1.78 per cent of the total positive cases, including 24,882 new cases in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra, one of the most affected states, accounts for 63.57 per cent of the total active cases.
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The state saw 15,817 new cases in the last 24 hours. There are less than 1,000 active cases in more than 20 states/union territories.
Meanwhile, the cumulative recovery rose to 1,09,73,260 with the national recovery rate reaching 96.82 per cent. A total of 140 deaths occurred in the last 24 hours. Five states account for 81.43 per cent of the new deaths.
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