“We have administered 220 crore Covid vaccine doses to date” Jyotiraditya Scindia amid fresh Covid surge
The Union Minister of Civil Aviation said that 220 crore doses of vaccine have been administered till this Monday.
The Union Minister of Civil Aviation said that 220 crore doses of vaccine have been administered till this Monday.
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.
The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 10,35,495 tests being conducted.
With the administration of 73,63,706 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's Covid inoculation coverage has reached 126.53 crore as of Saturday morning. This has been achieved through 1,31,55,745 sessions.
The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 47,730,591 and 771,118, according to the CSSE.
“I am sorry to say the Central government is providing a larger number of vaccine doses to states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Karnataka, which are BJP-ruled. I cannot remain a mute spectator to see Bengal deprived,”
Countries in the region are scaling up efforts to rapidly expand coverage amid a recurrent surge in cases and aim to achieve WHO's goal of having 10 percent of the population fully vaccinated by September end
The State’s recovery rate currently stands at 97.39% while active cases account for 2.05% of total positive cases registered in the State.
The Khordha district currently tops in the cumulative inoculation with 13,96,574 doses followed by Ganjam (9,39,285), Cuttack (7,49,665) and Balsore (5,58,096), said officials.
Vaccination is an integral pillar of the comprehensive strategy of the Government of India for containment and management of the pandemic, along with Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour.
