as many as 71,75,744 Anti-Covid Vaccines The Union Health Ministry said that till 7 pm on Friday, the total number of vaccinations across the country has crossed 93.90 crore (89,67,51,334).
Overall, 37,95,26,238 persons in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and a total of 9,59,54,773 people have received their second dose since the start of the third phase of the vaccination campaign. have received. .
A total of 16,42,50,887 people in the 45-59 age group have received the first dose of vaccine so far and 8,17,08,869 have received both the doses.
A total of 37,01,637 beneficiaries were vaccinated with the first dose till Day-266 of the vaccination campaign and 34,74,107 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.
Meanwhile, India reported 21,257 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, with the active caseload at 2,40,221, the lowest in 205 days.
The nationwide immunization drive was launched on 16 January, in which the health workers (HCWs) were vaccinated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) began on February 2.
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began from March 1 for people above 60 years of age and 45 years and above with specified co-morbid conditions.
The country started vaccination for all people over the age of 45 from 1 April.
The government then decided to expand its vaccination campaign by allowing everyone over the age of 18 to be vaccinated from May 1.
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