96 percent of the country’s population has received the first dose of the Kovid vaccine.
New Delhi:
On 16 January 2021, 18 months after vaccination began in the country, India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage crossed the 200 crore or 2 billion mark.
Till Saturday night, 199.97 crore Kovid vaccine doses have been given across the country, which includes 5.48 crore doses of preventive doses.
India made history again! Congratulations to all Indians on crossing the special mark of 200 crore vaccine doses. Proud of those who contributed to making India’s vaccination campaign unparalleled in scale and speed. It has strengthened the global fight against COVID-19. https://t.co/K5wc1U6oVM
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) 17 July 2022
It took 277 days to reach the earlier milestone of 100 crore doses. Last year on September 17, 25 million vaccine doses were given in a single day, which is the highest ever.
According to CoWIN, there are more than 14,000 vaccination sites across the country.
According to health ministry data, 98 per cent of the adult population has received at least one dose, while 90 per cent have been fully vaccinated. According to data provided by Our World in Data, 62.1 percent of the world’s population has been fully vaccinated against the virus.
Health ministry officials also said that 71 per cent of vaccinations took place in rural areas and 29 per cent in Covid vaccination centers located in urban areas, PTI reported. While 48.9 percent of the total dose was given to women, 51.5 percent to men.
This week, the Union Health Ministry launched a 75-day vaccination campaign to provide free precautionary doses of the COVID vaccine to people aged 18 years and above. A total of 5,63,67,888 precautionary doses have been given to all eligible populations.
So far, less than one percent of the target population of 77.10 crore in the age group of 18-59 have been given a precaution or a booster dose.
The health ministry last week reduced the gap between the second and precautionary dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from nine to six months for all beneficiaries.
According to the Union Health Ministry, India’s active caseload currently stands at 1,43,449, while active cases now account for 0.33 per cent of the country’s total positive cases.
(with inputs from PTI)