A day after India recorded a milestone of 86 lakh vaccination in a day, numbers slumped drastically on day two of the implementation of "revised guidelines for Covid-19 jab drive" with just around 53.9 lakh people vaccinated as per the Government data available till past midnight.
According to the Union Health Ministry, Uttar Pradesh recorded highest single-day vaccine coverage by administering 8.10 lakh doses.
Other States, like Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka, which reported a sharp surge in vaccination on June 21, showed poor performance on Tuesday.
Since the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have administered first dose to more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years, said a statement from the Government.
Overall, more than 29.35 crore (29,35,04,820) vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far, through the Centre Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category.
More than 2.14 crore (2,14,90,297) Covid vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered while more than 33,80,590 vaccine doses are in the pipeline and will be received by the States/UTs within the next 3 days, said the Government.
The infection cases have also been on a declining trend. India on Tuesday reported 42,640 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours. It is after 91 days that the country has reported daily cases below 50,000. The country’s active caseload declines to 6,62,521, falling below 7 lakh-mark after 79 days.
Case wise, India also reported less than 50,000 new Covid-19 cases, the lowest in 91 days, in the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry data on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the total tally of Covid-19 cases increased to 2,99,77,861.
The death toll has climbed to 3,89,302 with 1,167 daily fatalities, the lowest in 68 days; active cases fell below 7 lakh after 79 days, the Health Ministry said.
The country has been reporting below 1 lakh Covid-19 cases for the past two weeks. Active cases in the country have been falling sharply.
Covid-19 deaths and positivity rate have also dropped. Overall, it seems the peak of the Covid-19 second wave is behind us. Several States/UTs like Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana have started the process of unlocking/relaxed Covid restrictions as cases continue to fall.