India has become the fastest country in the world to finish 70.17 lakh vaccinations against COVID-19 in 26 days. And 17 States/UTs reported no COVID-19 deaths in the past 24 hours and the country had the lowest active cases per million population globally.
The Ministry of Health on Thursday said that India accomplished this feat in only 26 days, while it took 27 days for the US and 48 days for the UK to reach the same figures. India has also been the fastest to touch the 6 million mark a few days back.
“The total cumulative vaccination coverage of 70,17,114 includes 57,05,228 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 13,11,886 frontline workers (FLWs till 8 am on February 11. 1,43,056 sessions have been conducted so far. 4,05,349 beneficiaries (HCWs- 94,890 and FLWs- 3,10,459) were vaccinated on Day-26 (10th Feb 2021) across 8,308 sessions,’ the health ministry said.
As per the data, 13 States/UTs have vaccinated over 65% of the registered healthcare workers (HCWs). Bihar leads with over 79% of the registered HCWs vaccinated. The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a progressive increase. Uttar Pradesh ( 6,73,542), Maharashtra ( 5,73,681), Rajasthan ( 5,59,990), Karnataka ( 4,64,485) and West Bengal ( 4,27,042) are among the top states in COVID-19 vaccinations in the country.
At least seven States/UTs have reported less than 40% vaccinations of the registered healthcare workers (HCWs). Puducherry has recorded the lowest vaccination performance of 17.5 percent. While the country recorded 108 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, a matter of relief for the nation is that they were limited to a few states and union territories as 17 states have not reported any fatality due to Covid-19, the Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The ministry also informed that 17 states and UTs including Telangana, Gujarat, Assam, Haryana, Odisha, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Ladakh, Sikkim, Manipur, Mizoram, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Daman & Diu, have not reported any Covid death in the last 24 hours.
The total recovered cases are 1,05,73,372. The gap between active cases and recovered cases is continuously increasing and stands at 1,04,30,810.
The data says 83.20% of the newly recovered cases against Covid-19 are recorded in 6 States. Kerala has contributed the highest number to the newly recovered cases (5,745), followed by Maharashtra (2,421) and Gujarat (495). Kerala has reported the highest daily new cases at 5,980.
It is followed by Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu with 3,451and 479 new cases, respectively. 108 case fatalities have been reported in the past 24 hours. Seven States account for 79.63% of these. Maharashtra reported the maximum casualties at 30. It is followed by Kerala with 18 new daily deaths.