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COVID-19 Vaccination Update- Day 225

India - Press Information Bureau

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

India's Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses 63 Cr landmark milestone

More than 65 lakh Vaccine Doses administered today till 7 pm

Posted On: 28 AUG 2021 7:59PM by PIB Delhi

In a significant achievement, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 63 Crore (63,00,67,629) landmark milestone as per the 7 pm provisional report today. More than 65 lakh (65,39,745) Vaccine Doses have been administered today, as per the 7 pm provisional report.Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:

 

  Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
  Healthcare workers Frontline workers People Aged 18-44 Years People Aged 45-59 Years People Aged ≥ 60 Years Total
1st Dose 10357294 18318271 241828873 128846942 86039971 485391351
2nd Dose 8345437 13050113 25986564 53073981 44220183 144676278

 

Today's achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:

 

  Date: 28thAugust, 2021 (225thDay)
  Healthcare workers Frontline workers People Aged 18-44 Years People Aged 45-59 Years People Aged ≥ 60 Years  Total
 1st Dose 308 1841 3093402 688591 294089  4078231
 2nd Dose 18903 87265 1275438 730881 349027  2461514

 

The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

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MV

HFW/COVID Vaccination/28thAugust/4



(Release ID: 1749990)



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