The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, said the ministry…reports Asian Lite News
More than 20.16 crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories to be administered, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare in its official statement today.
“More than 192.27 crore (1,92,27,23,625) vaccine doses have been provided to states/UTs so far through the Government of India (free of cost channel) and through direct state procurement category,” said the ministry.
“More than 20.16 crore (20,16,91,220) balance and unutilised COVID-19 Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered,” it added.
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, said the ministry.
As per the ministry, the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination started on January 16, 2021. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced on June 21, 2021.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them with Covid Vaccines free of cost.
In the new phase of the universalisation of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply (free of cost) 75 per cent of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country to states and UTs.
The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, and advanced visibility of vaccines available to the states and UTs for enabling better planning by them and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
India reports 2,380 fresh Covid cases, 56 deaths
India on Thursday again reported a spike of 2,380 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, against the 2,067 infections registered the previous day, according to the Union Health Ministry.
In the same period, there were 56 additional Covid-19 fatalities which increased the nationwide death toll to 522,062.
Meanwhile, the country’s active caseload has increased to 13,433, accounting for 0.03 per cent of the total positive cases.
Another 1,231 patients recovered in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 4,25,14,479. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.76 per cent.
Also in the same period, a total of 4,49,114 tests were conducted across the country, increasing the overall to 83.33 crore.
While the weekly positivity rate currently stood at 0.43 per cent, the daily positivity rate has reported a considerable rise at 0.53 per cent.
As of Thursday morning, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage exceeded 187 crore. This has been achieved through 2,28,80,354 sessions.
Over 2.53 crore adolescents have been administered with the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine since the beginning of the inoculation drive for this age group.
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