New Delhi, Apr 22 (UNI) The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 13.23 crore on Thursday as part of the world's largest vaccination drive, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here.
Cumulatively, 13,23,30,644 vaccine doses have been administered through 19,28,118 sessions, as per the provisional report till 0700 hrs this morning, the Ministry said.
These include 92,19,544 Health Care Workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and 58,52,071 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,16,32,050 Front Line Workers (FLWs) (1st dose), 59,36,530 FLWs (2nd dose), 4,78,67,118 1st dose beneficiaries and 57,60,331 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 4,44,28,884 (1st dose) and 16,34,116 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.
Eight states account for 59.25 per cent of the cumulative doses given so far in the country, the Ministry said.
'Over 22 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours,' the Ministry said.
As on Day-96 of the vaccination drive (April 21), 22,11,334 vaccine doses were given. 15,01,704 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 35,499 sessions for 1st dose and 7,09,630 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of the vaccine.
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