Over 30 lakh vaccinated towards COVID-19 on Monday, highest thus far

More than 30 lakh folks have been inoculated towards COVID-19 on March 15, the “highest” in a day thus far, taking the entire variety of vaccine doses administered within the nation to three,29,47,432, the Union Health Ministry mentioned on Tuesday.The vaccination of beneficiaries aged over 60 has crossed 1 crore inside 15 days, the ministry mentioned.
Of the entire “30,39,394 doses given in a span of 24 hours on March 15,” day-59 of the vaccination drive,”26,27,099 beneficiaries have been administered the first dose” throughout 42,919 periods and 4,12,295 people have been given the 2nd dose, based on the info compiled at 7 am. The “26,27,099 beneficiaries include 19,77,175 beneficiaries aged over 60” and “4,24,713 individuals aged 45-60 years” with comorbidities.
A complete of three,29,47,432 vaccine doses have been administered by means of 5,55,984 periods, as per the provisional report until Tuesday 7 am. These embrace “74,46,983 healthcare workers (HCWs) who were administered the 1st dose,” 44,58,616 “HCWs who were given the 2nd dose,” 74,74,406 “FLWs who have received the 1st dose and 14,09,332 FLWs” who’ve taken the 2nd dose. Besides, 18,88,727 “beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities and 1,02,69,368” beneficiaries aged greater than 60 years have been given the first dose.
The Ministry additionally mentioned that Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu proceed to report a surge within the COVID-19 day by day new instances, including that 79.73 p.c of the brand new instances are reported from these states in a span of 24 hours. A “total of 24,492 new cases” have been registered in a span of 24 hours. Maharashtra has reported the very best day by day new instances at 15,051. It is adopted by Punjab with 1,818 whereas Kerala reported 1,054 new instances.
Eight states are displaying an upward trajectory in day by day new instances. These are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana, the Ministry mentioned. Kerala is reporting a persistently declining pattern over the past one month.
India’s whole lively caseload has reached 2,23,432 which includes 1.96 p.c of whole infections.
“Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 76.57 percent of India’s total active cases,” the Ministry mentioned. The whole exams carried out within the nation have surpassed 22.8 crore (22,82,80,763). The cumulative nationwide Positivity Rate at present stands at 5 per cent, the ministry mentioned. A complete of 131 deaths have been reported within the final 24 hours.
Seven states account for 82.44 p.c of the brand new deaths. Maharashtra noticed the utmost casualties (48). Punjab follows with 27 day by day deaths and Kerala reported 11 deaths in a span of 24 hours. Sixteen states and UTs haven’t reported any COVID-19 deaths within the final 24 hours. These are Rajasthan, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Ladakh (UT), Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, A&N Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.