About 4.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in 19 days: Health ministry

About 4.5 million Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in 19 days: Health ministry

NEW DELHI: Nearly 4.5 million (44,49,552) beneficiaries have received Covid-19 vaccine shots in merely 19 days, the Union health Ministry said on Thursday.
India became the fastest country in the world to reach the 4 million Covid19 vaccination mark, achieving this feat in 18 days.
“Many other countries have had a head start of almost 65 days. India launched the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16. The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has also shown a progressive increase,” the ministry said. In a span of 24 hours, 3,10,604 people were vaccinated across 8,041 sessions, it said, adding that 84,617 sessions have been conducted so far.
India’s Covid-19 active caseload has dropped to 1.55 lakh (1,55,025) and comprises just 1.44 per cent of the total infections. The day-on-day change in the number of active cases over the last few weeks depicts the consistent decline in active cases. India’s Daily Positivity Rate is 1.82 per cent, as of today, it said. “India has maintained the daily positivity rate below 2 per cent in last few weeks (19 days),” the ministry said.
—PTI

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