Countrywide Covid-19 vaccination numbers continued to remain less than the day one figures. On Wednesday, the tally stood at 58.34 lakh vaccine doses till 7 pm in the evening as per the Union Health Ministry statement.
This is much less when compared to the first day of the revised phase of vaccination drive launched from June 21 when the country reported a record number of over 84 lakh shots administered to the citizens. On Tuesday also, the vaccination process covered only around 51 lakh people in the country.
“More than seven crore vaccine doses have been registered so far for those in the age group 18-44 so far,” said the statement.
Overall the cumulative Covid vaccination coverage of the country crossed 30 crore (30,09,69,538), as per the 7 pm provisional report. At least, 41,23,073 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 68,903 vaccine doses given as second dose in the age group 18-44 years on Wednesday.
“Cumulatively, 7,02,11,075 persons across 37 States/UTs have received their first dose and a total 14,98,113 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.”
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have administered more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of Covid vaccine, so far, said the statement.
Talking about the infection rate, the statement said that India has reported 50,848new cases in the last 24 hours.