India's Cumulative Vaccination Coverage Exceeds 18 Crore
New Delhi: The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has exceeded 18 crore on Saturday under the Phase-3 of the nationwide vaccination drive.
The beneficiaries aged between 45-60 years of age include 5,68,05,772 first dose receivers and 87,56,313 who have got their second dose too. A total of 5,43,17,646 first dose beneficiaries and 1,75,53,918 second dose beneficiaries are of more than 60 years old.
Ten states account for 66.73 per cent of the cumulative doses given so far in the country. Maharashtra tops among these states with 1,94,69,673 doses received so far followed by Rajasthan (1,48,52,400), Gujarat (1,47,99, 737), Uttar Pradesh (1,45,68,875), West Bengal (1,25,01,020), Karnataka (1,10,65,841), Madhya Pradesh (89,64,972), Bihar (85,49,713), Kerala (82,26,138) and Andhra Pradesh (74,28,976).
A total of 3,28,216 beneficiaries of the age group of 18-44 years received their first dose of Covid vaccine in the last 24 hours and cumulatively 42,58,756 across 32 tates and UTs since the start of phase-3 of vaccination drive.
More than 11 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours. Across 11,628 sessions, 6,29,445 beneficiaries were vaccinated for first dose and 4,74,180 beneficiaries received their second dose of vaccin