In its fight against the global pandemic, India has crossed a landmark milestone under the world’s largest vaccination drive, which was launched on 16th January this year. The cumulative number of
Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 9 crore on Thursday, said the Union Health Ministry.
Cumulatively, 9,01,98,673 vaccine doses have been administered through 13,77,304 sessions in the last 24 hours, as per the Ministry.
These include 89,68,151 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 54,18,084 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 97,67,538 FLWs (1stdose), 44,11,609 FLWs (2nddose), 3,63,32,851 1st dose beneficiaries and 11,39,291 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 2,36,94,487 (1st dose) and 4,66,662 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.
However, cases too continue to surge, breaching 1.35 lakh mark on Thursday, the highest number of daily cases ever since the pandemic began. India is now the third-most affected globally, behind the United States and Brazil.
India’s total Active Caseload has reached 9,10,319. It now comprises 7.04% of the country's total Positive Cases. A net incline of 66,846 cases recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Kerala cumulatively account for 74.13 per cent of India’s total active cases. Maharashtra alone accounts for 55.26% of the total active caseload of the country.
As many as 685 deaths were reported across the country over the past 24 hours, taking the total coronavirus death count in India to 16,68,62. While 59,258 people were discharged, the total active caseload in the country stands at 9,10,319. Around 1,18,51,393 people have recovered so far.
The previous high of 1,03,844 new cases in a single day was reported on 5 April. Total Covid-19 vaccination stands at 9,01,98,673.
Twelve States are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that a total of 25,26,77,379 samples have been tested for Covid-19, upto 7 April. Of these, 12,37,781 samples were tested on Wednesday.