Over 56L vaccinated

Over 56 lakh healthcare and frontline workers have been vaccinated across the country till 6 pm on Saturday on the 22nd day of the Covid-19 vaccination across the country, 2,20,019 in 24 hours.

No case of serious/severe ailment or death attributable to vaccination till date, the Health Ministry said. It said total 28 persons were hospitalised, which is 0.0005% of the total vaccination. Nine of them died while 19 were discharged after treatment. Thirteen died outside hospitals.

No new death or hospitalisation was recorded in the last 24 hours. None of the deaths has been causally linked with Covid-19 vaccination.

Thirteen states vaccinated more than 60% of the registered healthcare workers while 12 states/Union Territories recorded less than 40% coverage, which include Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Manipur.