More than 35 crore 71 lakh vaccine doses administered so far in the country

New Delhi: India’s cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has exceeded 35 crore 71 lakh mark. As per 7 P.M.  provisional report yesterday, the cumulative figure stands at 35 crore 71 lakh five thousand and 461. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st of June and more than 41.34 lakh vaccine doses were administered yesterday.

 

Union Health Ministry in a statement said that over 18 lakh 30 thousand vaccine doses were administered as first dose and more than one lakh 40 thousand vaccine doses given as second dose in the age group 18 to 44 years yesterday. Cumulatively, over 10 crore 25 lakh persons in the age group 18 to 44 years across 37 States and Union



Territories have received their first dose and more than 29 lakh 19 thousand have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.

 

Eight States namely Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra have administered more than 50 lakh first dose of COVID-19 Vaccine in the age group 18 to 44 years. Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18 to 44 years for the first dose of COVID vaccine.