Over 1.8 crore vaccine doses administered in India

The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in India has crossed 18 crore the Union Health Ministry said on FridayThese include 6853083 healthcare workers HCWs who were administered the 1st dose 3141371 HCWs who were given the 2nd dose 6090931 frontline workers FLWs who were given the 1st dose and 67297 FLWs 2nd dose 235901 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific comorbidities 1st dose and 1616920 beneficiaries aged more than 60 yearsNearly 14 lakh 1388170 vaccine doses were given on Thursday Day48 of the vaccination drive March 4The ministry said 1056808 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 16081 sessions for 1st dose HCWs and FLWs and 331362 HCWs and FLWs received 2nd dose of vaccineThe 1056808 beneficiaries include 615903 people aged over 60 and 92109 individuals aged more than 45 years with specific comorbidities 1st doseSix sates Maharashtra Punjab Haryana Gujarat MP and Delhi have reported high daily new cases in a span of 24 hours the ministry said underlining 8444 per cent of the new cases reported in a span of 24 hours 16838 are from these six statesMaharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 8998 It is followed by Kerala with 2616 while Punjab reported 1071 new casesEight states are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases the ministry highlightedIndias total active caseload stands at 176 lakh 176319 which comprises 158 per cent of India total infectionsThe ministry said that Kerala Tamil Nadu and West Bengal have shown a reduction in the active cases in a span of 24 hoursMaharashtra Punjab Madhya Pradesh Haryana Delhi and Gujarat display a rise in the active cases during the same time periodShowing the change in number of active cases for states in the last one month the ministry said Kerala UP West Bengal Chhattisgarh and Tamil Nadu are the top 5 states showing a decline in active cases in the last one month while Maharashtra Punjab Madhya Pradesh Haryana and Delhi are the top 5 states showing a rise in active casesThe ministry said 20 states and UTs have less than 1000 active cases Arunachal Pradesh reported only 2 active casesThe Cumulative Positivity Rate of the country shows a continuous decline and stands at 508 per centEight states display a weekly positivity rate higher than the national average 20937 Among them Maharashtra stands out with a weekly positivity rate of 1038 per centThe ministry said 113 deaths were reported in a daySix states account for 885 per cent of the new deaths Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties 60 Punjab follows with 15 daily deaths Kerala reported 14 deathsEighteen states and UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in a span of 24 hours These are AampN Islands Arunachal Pradesh Assam Chandigarh Daman and Diu Dadara and Nagar Haveli Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Ladakh UT Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Sikkim Tripura and UttarakhandThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever