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India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage inches closer to 63.5 crore doses

With 42,909 New Cases reported in the last 24 hours, India's active caseload (3,76,324) is 1.15% of total cases

By BioVoice News Desk -

August 30, 2021

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New Delhi: With the administration of 31,14,696 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the cumulative figure of 63.43 crore (63,43,81,358) as per provisional reports till 7 am on 30th August. This has been achieved through 68,14,305 sessions.

The break-up of the cumulative figure as per the provisional report included:

HCWs	1^st Dose	1,03,57,456
HCWs	2^nd Dose	83,55,737
FLWs	1^st Dose	1,83,19,387
FLWs	2^nd Dose	1,30,84,369
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	24,41,76,113
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	2,65,28,385
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	12,93,88,782
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	5,34,76,008
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	8,62,64,550
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	4,44,30,571
Total		63,43,81,358

The recovery of 34,763 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recovered patients (since the beginning of the pandemic) to 3,19,23,405.

Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.51%.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs continue the trend of less than 50,000 Daily New Cases that is being reported for 64 consecutive days now.

42,909 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

The Active Caseload is presently 3,76,324. Active cases presently constitute 1.15% of the country’s total Positive Cases.

The testing capacity across the country continues to be expanded. The last 24 hours saw a total of 14,19,990 tests being conducted. India has so far conducted over 52.01 Cr (52,01,46,525) cumulative tests.

While testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate at 2.41% remains less than 3% for the last 66 days now. The Daily Positivity rate stands at 3.02%. The daily Positivity rate has remained below 5% for 84 consecutive days now.