India vaccinates close to 8 million against COVID-19
Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.8 per cent (8,58,602 beneficiaries) of the total beneficiaries in India
As on February 13, 2021, 79,67,647 beneficiaries have received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID–19 vaccination exercise.
Out of these, 5,909,136 are Healthcare workers and 2,058,511 are front line workers. 1,64,781 sessions have been conducted so far.
On Day 28 (12th Feb 2021) of the vaccination drive, 4,62,637 beneficiaries (HCWs- 94,160 and FLWs- 3,68,477) were vaccinated across 10,411 sessions.
The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a consistent enhancement.
Eight States account for 60 per cent (59.70 per cent) of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India. These eight States have vaccinated more than 4,00,000 beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.8 per cent (8,58,602 beneficiaries) of the total beneficiaries in India.
The distribution of daily deaths among States/UTs in the last 24 hours also reflects a significant decline with 17 States/UTs not reporting any new COVID–19 deaths while 13 States/UTs have reported between 1-5 new deaths.
17 States/UTs which have not reported any new deaths in the last 24 hours are Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, A&N Islands, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh and D&D & D&N.
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,332 newly recovered cases. 2,422 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 486 in Tamil Nadu.