India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage nears 8 Crore Mark

In a significant development in the fight against COVID-19, the cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 7.9 Cr mark today.

Cumulatively, 7,91,05,163 vaccine doses have been administered through 12,31,148 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 90,09,353 HCWs (1st dose), 53,43,493 HCWs (2nd dose), 97,37,850 FLWs (1^st dose) and 41,33,961 FLWs (2^nd Dose)   and  4,99,31,635  (1^st Dose)  and 9,48,871 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged more than 45 years.

As on Day-79 of the vaccination drive (4^th April, 2021), 16,38,464 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 15,40,676 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 21,508 sessions for 1^st dose and 97,788 beneficiaries received 2^nd dose of vaccine. Eight States account for 60% of the cumulative vaccine doses given so far.