India becomes third country across world to administer most COVID-19 vaccine doses

New Delhi, February 08: Achieving another milestone in vaccination drive, India has become the third topmost country across the world in terms of the number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered. The Union Health Ministry made this announcement on Sunday saying, only the United States and the United Kingdom remain ahead of India.

 

The ministry said 12 states in India have vaccinated more than 2 lakh beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 6,73,542 of all vaccinated beneficiaries. Till February 7, 8 am, a total of 57.75 lakh beneficiaries have received the vaccine under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive.

 

 

 

The cumulative vaccination coverage includes 53,04,546 healthcare workers and 4,70,776 frontline workers, the ministry said. In a span of 24 hours, 3,58,473 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 8,875 sessions. Also, a total1,15,178 sessions have been conducted so far.

 

 

"There has been a sustained increase in the number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day," the ministry said. "In another significant development, the country has reported less than 80 daily deaths in the last 24 hours, lowest in nine months," it said.

 

Seventeen states and UTs have not reported any deaths in a span of 24 hours. These include Haryana, Goa, Jammu, and Kashmir (UT), Jharkhand, Puducherry, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tripura.

 

It should be noted that India has achieved in just one month since it has started on 16 January.

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