Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 191.96 Cr


Over 3.24 Cr 1st dose vaccines administered for age group 12-14 years

India's Active caseload currently stands at 15,044

2,259 new cases reported in the last 24 hours

Recovery Rate currently stands at 98.75%

Weekly Positivity Rate is presently at 0.53%

Posted On: 20 MAY 2022 9:42AM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 191.96 Cr (1,91,96,32,518) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 2,41,17,166 sessions.

COVID-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 3.24 Cr (3,24,75,018) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Similarly, the COVID-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report till 7 am today include:

 

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage

HCWs

1st Dose

1,04,06,359

2nd Dose

1,00,32,661

Precaution Dose

50,77,626

FLWs

1st Dose

1,84,18,020

2nd Dose

1,75,70,727

Precaution Dose

83,02,533

Age Group 12-14 years

1st Dose

3,24,75,018

2nd Dose

1,33,64,363

Age Group 15-18 years

1st Dose

5,91,09,660

2nd Dose

4,45,34,980

Age Group 18-44 years

1st Dose

55,67,63,388

2nd Dose

48,63,52,174

Precaution Dose

5,16,058

Age Group 45-59 years

1st Dose

20,31,78,740

2nd Dose

19,00,08,329

Precaution Dose

11,12,877

Over 60 years

1st Dose

12,70,39,365

2nd Dose

11,84,58,135

Precaution Dose

1,69,11,505

Precaution Dose

3,19,20,599

Total

1,91,96,32,518

 

India’s Active Caseload currently stands at 15,044. Active cases now constitute 0.03% of the country's total Positive Cases.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.75%. 2,614 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) is now at 4,25,92,455.

 

2,259 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

 

The last 24 hours saw a total of 4,51,179 COVID-19 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 84.58 Cr (84,58,55,351) cumulative tests.

Weekly Positivity Rate in the country currently stands at 0.53% and the Daily Positivity rate is reported to be 0.50%.

 

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HFW/COVID States data/20 May 2022/3



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