COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 109

India has scaled another peak in its effort to contain the COVID-19 virus with the administration of more than 16 Cr vaccine doses to its citizens. The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country stands at 16,04,18,105 as per the provisional report 08:00 pm today.

India also administered more than 13 Cr (13,00,03,225) doses as the first dose and more than 3 Cr (3,04,14,880) vaccine doses have been administered as the second dose.

2,29,999 beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine today. The cumulative vaccination coverage for this age group is 6,62,619 across 12 States/UT. Table below shows the cumulative vaccine doses administered to 18-44 years age group till now.

The total of 16,04,18,105 includes 94,61,633 Healthcare Workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and 63,20,945 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,35,59,294 Frontline Workers (FLWs) (1^st dose), 73,21,052 FLWs (2^nd dose), and 6,62,619 for 18-44 years of age group (1^st dose). 5,33,76,589 for over 45 years old to 60 years old (1^st Dose), 43,99,995 for over 45 years old to 60 years old (2^nd dose), 5,29,43,090 for above 60 years (1^st Dose) and 1,23,72,888 for above 60 years (2^nd Dose).

As on Day-109 of the vaccination drive (4^th May, 2021), the country has administered nearly 11.5 lakh vaccine doses (11,49,009) till 8 pm today. 6,15,220 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1^st dose and 5,33,789 beneficiaries received 2^nd dose of vaccine as per the provisional report. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

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