According to updated Union Health Ministry data, India on Friday reported 2,710 new coronavirus infections, taking the total number of Covid-19 cases to 4,31,47,530.
The country’s active cases rose to 15,814 on Friday and the death toll rose to 5,24,539 with 14 fresh deaths, data showed. Active cases comprise 0.04% of the total infections, while the national covid-19 recovery The ministry said the rate was recorded at 98.75%.
The active COVID-19 caseload has registered an increase of 400 cases in a span of 24 hours. According to the ministry, the daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.58% and the weekly positivity rate was 0.52 percent.
Meanwhile, in a related development, India’s COVID immunization coverage exceeded 192.52 (1,92,52,70,955) crores, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare earlier this week.
covid vaccination Was launched on March 16, 2022 for 12-14 years age group. So far more than 3.30 crore (3,30,30,574) adolescents have been given the first dose and 1,45,07,116 have been given the second dose of Covid. Vaccination.
According to the ministry, out of the total doses administered so far to health care workers (HLWs), 1,04,06,595 have received the first dose, 1,00,35,344 have received the second vaccine dose and 51,36,312 have been administered Is. Precautionary dosage.
Also, 1,84,18,391 frontline workers were given the first dose, 1,75,75,713 were given the second dose and 84,59,229 were given the precautionary dose. A total of 55,69,01,963 vaccine doses were given as the first dose, 48,77,63,523 vaccine doses were given as the second dose and 6,29,188 precautionary doses were given in the age group of 18-44 years.
Similarly, for the age group of 45-59 years, 20,32,04,546 have received the first dose, 19,03,33,465 have received the second dose and 12,13,929 have been given the precautionary dose, while 12, 70,59,147 people above 60 years of age were given the first dose of the vaccine, 11,86,75,559 as the second dose and 1,77,09,427 as a precaution. In the age group of 15-18 years, 5,92,29,834 doses have been given as first dose and 4,49,81,100 as second dose.