India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage crosses 98.60 crore mark

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya confirmed the development in a tweet earlier in the day.

“98 crore done. India is rapidly moving towards the COVID-19 vaccine century! Just two more steps to go,” he wrote.

Overall, 39,55,79,142 persons in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and a total of 11,38,25,359 people have received their second dose since the start of the third phase of the vaccination campaign. have received. .

A total of 16,83,81,389 people in the 45-59 age group have received the first dose of vaccine so far and 8,70,47,204 have received both the doses.

A total of 33,26,503 beneficiaries were vaccinated with the first dose till day-276 of the vaccination campaign and 46,47,932 beneficiaries received the second dose as per the provisional report till 7 PM.

The daily vaccination numbers are expected to increase with the compilation of the final report for the day by late night.

This comes as India is on the verge of achieving the 100 crore milestone in its vaccination campaign this week.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday expressed confidence that India’s vaccination program will prove to be most effective in fighting the Covid-19 pandemic and said everyone’s participation in it is important.

He remarked after Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami’s tweet congratulating the people of Uttarakhand that the state has given the first dose of vaccine to all eligible persons.

“Many congratulations to the people of Devbhoomi. This achievement of Uttarakhand is very important in the country’s fight against COVID. I am confident that our vaccination campaign will be the most effective in fighting the global pandemic and people’s participation is crucial in this.” ” PM Modi tweeted.

After Uttarakhand achieved the historic milestone, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami wrote on Twitter: “Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Uttarakhand has become the state to deliver the first dose of covid vaccine to all eligible beneficiaries in the state. Congratulations to all. People of the state. #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine.”