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Government of India
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
23 JAN 2021 7:31PM by PIB Delhi
Update on COVID-19 Vaccination

The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the eighth day as well.

The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 15 lakh today. A total of 15,37,190 beneficiaries (till 6 pm today) vaccinated through 27,776 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,368 sessions were held till 6 pm today.

1,46,598 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the eighth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

 

S. No.

State/UT

Beneficiaries vaccinated

(provisional data)

1

A & N Islands

530

2

Andhra Pradesh

11,562

3

Arunachal Pradesh

525

4

Bihar

12,165

5

Chandigarh

345

6

Chhattisgarh

8,138

7

Dadra & Nagar Haveli

83

8

Daman & Diu

189

9

Delhi

6,111

10

Goa

615

11

Gujarat

22,063

12

Haryana

9,188

13

Himachal Pradesh

3,935

14

Jammu & Kashmir

1,820

15

Karnataka

3,669

16

Kerala

6,012

17

Ladakh

157

18

Lakshadweep

81

19

Maharashtra

21,751

20

Manipur

396

21

Meghalaya

158

22

Mizoram

322

23

Odisha

14,892

24

Puducherry

381

25

Punjab

8,968

26

Rajasthan

7,900

27

Tamil Nadu

4,642

 

All India

1,46,598

 

123 AEFIs have been reported till 6 pm on the eighth day of the vaccination drive.

Total 11 persons have been hospitalized so far. 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations. In last 24 hours, one person has been hospitalized at Government Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh who was vaccinated at 20th Jan 2021.

Total 6 deaths have been reported so far. In the last 24 hours, one person aged 56 years who was a resident of R/o Gurugram, Haryana has died. The Post-mortem confirms that Cardio-pulmonary disease was the reason for her death and it was not related to vaccination. None of these deaths have been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination.

A training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries (Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Seychelles & Sri Lanka) using Indian Vaccines was conducted by MoHFW covering all aspects of vaccine roll-out spread over 2 days.

In addition to 12 states currently using Covaxin, seven new States would be administering Covaxin from next week – Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & West Bengal. Orientation of all Programme Managers of these 7 States was conducted today by ICMR & MoHFW covering all aspects of implementation protocols.

 

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MV/SJ