Corona Update: India becomes the fastest growing country with more than 16 crore vaccines

New Delhi: With the further expansion of the third phase of the nationwide vaccination campaign, the total number of Covid-19 vaccines introduced in the country has crossed 16 crores today. India took only 109 days to achieve this major achievement. In comparison, the US took 111 days while China took 116 days to reach this number.

6,71,285 beneficiaries in the age group of 18–44 years in 12 states received the first dose of the Covid vaccine. These states are Chhattisgarh (1,026), Delhi (82,000), Gujarat (1,61,625), Jammu and Kashmir (10,885), Haryana (99680), Karnataka (3840), Maharashtra (1,11,621), Odisha (13,768), Punjab (908), Rajasthan (1,30,071), Tamil Nadu (4577) and Uttar Pradesh (51,284).

According to the provisional report at 7 o’clock this morning, a total of 16,04,94,188 vaccines have been administered through 23,66,349 sessions. These include 94,62,505 HCWs who have taken the first dose while 63,22,055 HCWs have received the second dose, 1,35,65,728 FLDW (first dose) 73,32,999 FALW (second dose) below the age group of 18-45. , 71,285 beneficiaries first dose, 5,29,50,584 beneficiaries over 60 years of age first dose and 123,85,466 beneficiaries second dose and 5,33,94,353 beneficiaries between 45 and 60 years of age and first dose 44,09,213 beneficiaries received the second dose.

Ten states account for 66.86 percent of the total vaccines imposed in the country so far. During the last 24 hours, more than 1.4 million vaccines have been administered.

14,84,989 vaccines were administered on the 109th day of the vaccination campaign (May 4, 2021). In 14,011 sessions, 7,80,066 beneficiaries were given the first dose and 7,04,923 beneficiaries received their second dose.

India’s total recovery has reached 1,69,51,731 today. The national recovery rate is 82.03 percent.

3,38,439 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours.

The 10 states account for 73.4 percent of the new recovery.

The weekly positivity rate of 17 states / union territories is lower than the national average (21.46 percent).

The weekly positivity rate of 19 states / union territories is higher than the national average.

3,82,315 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

Ten states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Haryana, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan account for 70.91 percent of the new cases.

Maharashtra has recorded the highest number of new cases with 51,880 daily while Karnataka is second with 44,631 and Kerala has registered 37,190 new cases.

India’s total active cases have reached 34,87,229. It now accounts for 16.87 percent of the country’s total active cases. In the last 24 hours, a net increase of 40,096 cases has been reported in total active cases.

The 12 states account for 81.25 percent of India’s total active cases.

The national mortality rate is steadily declining and currently stands at 1.09 percent.

In the last 24 hours, 3780 deaths were recorded.

Ten states account for 74.97 percent of the new deaths. Maharashtra recorded the highest number of deaths (891) while Uttar Pradesh came second with 351 daily deaths.

Not a single death has been reported from Covid-19 in 7 states / union territories in the last 24 hours. These are the states. Meghalaya, Daman and Diu and Dadar Nagar Haveli, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.