Over 20 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in a day
More than 20 lakh people were inoculated against coronavirus on March 8, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to over 2.3 crore, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. "On day 52 of the COVID-19 vaccination drive (March 8), 20,19,723 vaccine doses were given," the ministry said.
3,04,343 healthcare and frontline workers received the second dose
Out of this, 17,15,380 beneficiaries across 28,884 sessions were vaccinated for the first dose and 3,04,343 healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) received the second dose of the anti-coronavirus vaccine.
A significant achievement for the vaccination drive
The 17,15,380 beneficiaries include 12,22,351 aged over 60 years and 2,21,148 aged 45 to 60 with specified comorbidities. "India has recorded a significant achievement in its countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive which was rolled out from January 16. More than two million vaccine doses were administered in a span of 24 hours," the ministry said.
States that continue to report a surge in cases
Meanwhile, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases. They account for 84.04 percent of the new cases reported in a span of 24 hours. Around 15,388 new infections were registered in a span of 24 hours. India's active caseload has reached 1,87,462 which comprises 1.67 percent of the country's total infections.
Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura didn't report any new case
Maharashtra reported the highest daily new cases at 8,744, followed by Kerala with 1,412 fresh cases while Punjab reported 1,229 new cases. The ministry further said that four states, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim, and Tripura, did not report any new COVID-19 case, while Maharashtra, Punjab, and Kerala reported over 1,000 new cases.
