37L get C-vax shot in 15 days

India succeeded on Saturday till 7 pm in vaccinating a total of 37.06 lakh healthcare workers in record 15 days, 2.06 lakh Covid-19 vaccinations in a day. The vaccination had begun on Jan 16. Uttar Pradesh tops with the highest 4,62,793 vaccinations so far, followed by Rajasthan innoculating 3,26,745, Karnataka 3,15,343, MP 2,73,872, Maharashtra 2,69,064, Gujarat 2,44,398, West Bengal 2,42,761, Odisha 2,06,424, Andhra 1,86,581, Telangana 1,66,606, Kerala 1,58,687, Bihar 1,45,231, Haryana 1,25,898, and Tamil Nadu 1,01,840.

The second phase of vaccination of the frontline workers, including police, will begin from Monday. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Saturday reviewed the status of the vaccination with the state health secretaries and advised those lacking in the coverage below 50% to intensify the vaccination drive. He told them the vaccine is available in sufficient quantity and the technical glitches of CoWIN have also been resolved.

Less than 200 fatalities, Maharashtra tops

India recording less than 200 Covid-19 deaths every day in the past 3 weeks, with 137 fatalities in the past 24 hours while Maharashtra continues to top with 58 deaths, followed by 22 in Kerala, 11 in Punjab, 7 each in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal, and 6 each in Delhi and TN. The new cases are low with 13,081 reported on Saturday as against 14,808 recoveries in 24 hours. The active cases are down to 1.698 lakh, 1.58% of the total 1.07 crore cases detected in India so far in 13.84 crore tests since March.

The total recoveries at 1.04 crore are 96.98% of the total detections while the cumulative death toll is 1,54,147.