Covid-19: Over 70 lakh vaccinated in India
India has become the fastest country in the world to achieve over 70 lakh vaccinations against Covid-19 in only 26 days
New Delhi: India has become the fastest country in the world to achieve over 70 lakh vaccinations against Covid-19 in only 26 days, while it took 27 days for the US and 48 days for the UK to reach the same figures, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
The ministry also highlighted that 17 states and UTs have not reported any deaths in the last 24 hours.
Till February, 11, 8 AM, more than 70 lakh beneficiaries have been administered shots under the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination exercise.
The total cumulative vaccination coverage of 70,17,114 includes 57,05,228 healthcare workers (HCWs) and 13,11,886 frontline workers (FLWs), the ministry said. A total of 1,43,056 sessions have been conducted so far.
The ministry said 4,05,349 beneficiaries (HCWs- 94,890 and FLWs- 3,10,459) were vaccinated on Day-26 (February 10) across 8,308 sessions.
The country has recorded 1,42,562 active cases in a span of 24 hours. The total active cases of the country now comprise merely 1.31 per cent of the total infections.
The total recovered cases have surged to 1,05,73,372.