A total of 7,36,514 beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine yesterday
India’s cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered has exceeded 19 crores (19,18,10,604), as per the 8 pm provisional report yesterday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoH&FW) has said.
A total of 7,36,514 beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine yesterday and cumulatively 85,84,054 across 36 states and Union Territories (UTs) since the beginning of phase III of the vaccination drive.
The figures for the first dose coverage for the states of Chhattisgarh and Punjab include 6.2 and 2.3 lakh doses respectively, administered in the age of 18-44 years from 1st May to 19th May, 2021, and reported on 20th May 21. The figures are yet to be reconciled on CoWIN.
The total of 19,18,10,604 crore beneficiaries include 97,23,296 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) who have taken the first dose and 66,80,206 HCWs who have taken the second dose; 1,47,84,918 Frontline Workers (FLWs) (first dose); 82,84,445 FLWs (second dose) and 85,84,054 for 18-44 years of age group (first dose); 5,98,12,707 for over 45 years old to 60 years old (first dose); 95,75,946 for over 45 years old to 60 years old (second dose); 5,62,36,899 for above 60 years (first dose) and 1,81,28,133 for above 60 years (second dose).
As on 125th day of the vaccination drive (20th May, 2021), total 14,56,088 vaccine doses were given – 12,73,785 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 1,82,303 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine, as per the provisional report till 8 pm yesterday.
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