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India scales several peaks in its fight against CORONA VIRUS
March 16th
Yesterday, India also recorded the highest vaccinations in a day with over 3 million vaccine doses found. The coverage of beneficiaries aged over 60 years has crossed 1 crore in just 15 days. 3,29,47,432 vaccine doses have been administered through 5,55,984 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am. These include 74,46,983HCWs (1st dose), 44,58,616HCWs (2nd dose), 74,74,406FLWs (1st dose) and 14,09,332 FLWs (2nd Dose), 18,88,727beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1st Dose) and 1,02,69,368beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.
| HCWs | FLWs | 45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities | Over 60 years |
Total |
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| 1st Dose | 2nd Dose | 1st Dose | 2nd Dose | 1st Dose | 1st Dose | |
| 74,46,983 | 44,58,616 | 74,74,406 | 14,09,332 | 18,88,727 | 1,02,69,368 | 3,29,47,432 |
As on Day 59 of the vaccination drive (15th March, 2021), total 30,39,394 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 26,27,099beneficiaries were vaccinated across 42,919 sessions for 1st dose (HCWs and FLWs) and 4,12,295 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccine.
| Date:15th March,2021 | |||||||
| HCWs | FLWs | 45to<60yearswithCo-morbidities | Over60years | Total Achievement | |||
| 1stDose | 2ndDose | 1stDose | 2nd Dose | 1stDose | 1stDose | 1stDose | 2ndDose |
| 91,228 | 1,53,498 | 1,33,983 | 2,58,797 | 4,24,713 | 19,77,175 | 26,27,099 | 4,12,295 |
5 States,Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, continue to report a surge in the COVID daily new cases. 79.73% of the new cases are reported from these states in the past 24 hours. 24,492 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours. Maharashtra has found the highest daily new cases at 15,051. It is followed by Punjab with 1,818 while Kerala reported 1,054 new cases. 8 states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases. These are Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka and Haryana.Kerala is reporting a consistently declining trend over the last one month. India’s total Active Caseload has reached 2,23,432. India’s present active caseload now stands at 1.96% of India’s total Positive Cases. Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab cumulatively account for 76.57% of India’s total active cases.Total tests conducted in the country has surpassed 22.8 Cr (22,82,80,763). The cumulative national Positivity Rate currently stands at 5%. 131 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours. 7 States account for 82.44% of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (48). Punjab follows with 27 daily deaths and Kerala reported 11 deaths in the last 24 hours. 16 States/UTs have not reported any corona virus deaths in the last 24 hours. These are Rajasthan, Chandigarh, J&K (UT), Odisha, Jharkhand, Lakshadweep, Sikkim, Ladakh (UT), D&D & D&N, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram, A&N Islands and Arunachal Pradesh.
