India’s COVID-19 vaccinations cross 14.78 cr doses

New Delhi: The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 14.78 crore on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Cumulatively, 14,78,27,367 vaccine doses have been administered through 21,18,435 sessions, as per the provisional report till 0700 hrs this morning, the Ministry said.

These include 93,47,775 Health Care Workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and 61,06,237 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,22,21,975 Front Line Workers (FLWs) (1st dose), 65,26,378

FLWs (2nd dose), 5,10,85,677 1st dose beneficiaries and 93,37,292 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 5,02,74,581 (1st dose) and 29,27,452 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.

Ten states account for 67.26 per cent of the cumulative doses given so far in the country.

‘More than 25 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours,’ the Ministry said.

As on Day-102 of the vaccination drive (April 27), 25,56,182 vaccine doses were given. 15,69,000 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 22,989 sessions for 1st dose and 9,87,182 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.

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