At 195.50 Cr, India Sees Uptick In Vaccination Coverage
India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 195.50 crore (1,95,50,87,271) through 2,51,27,455 sessions, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.
The ministry said that more than 3.53 crore (3,53,38,654) adolescents have been administered the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for the age group of 12–14 years on 16 March 2022.
Similarly, the Covid-19 precaution dose administration for the age group of 18-59 years also started from 10th April 2022 onwards.
India’s active caseload currently stands at 53,637. Active cases now constitute 0.12 per cent of the country's total positive cases.
Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.66 per cent. 5,718 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours, and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,26,67,088. 8,822 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, it said.
The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,40,278 Covid-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 85.58 crore (85,58,71,030) cumulative tests, as per the ministry.
The weekly positivity rate in the country currently stands at 2.35 per cent and the daily positivity rate is reported to be 2.00 per cent.
