Although India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 200 crore, the uptake of precaution doses is still minimum. The precautionary dose boosts the immune response and increases the antibody count, which improves protection against severe COVID-19 infection.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 5.23 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 4.55 per cent, according to the ministry.
Registering a mild decline in COVID-19 cases compared to Saturday, India on Sunday reported 18,257 fresh COVID-19 cases, according to updated data by the Union Health Ministry. The country reported 14,553 recoveries and 42 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Health Ministry data revealed.
More than 16.53 (16,53,73,860) crore balance and unutilised COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
8,055 patients recovered from the infection in the last 24 hours. Consequently, the nation’s recovery rate stands at 98.68 per cent.
The door-to-door pulse polio campaign in the district on Monday has hit already slowed down Covid-19 vaccination drive limiting it to only public health facilities in government set up.The drive could only resume from March 2 as of public holiday on Tuesday.
The current active caseload in the country is 8,92,828, active cases stand at 2.11 per cent. In the last 24 hours, 1,72,211 recoveries were reported.
Stressing that Covid-19 vaccination has reduced the impact of the third wave, the government sources further added, "Union health ministry is coordinating with states and Union territories. 74 per cent of the adult population is fully vaccinated."
It is interesting to look at the nation's vaccination journey. India commenced its nationwide Covid vaccination drive on January 16, 2021.
Buckling under pressure amid the Covid crisis, the government acceded to one of the key demands of the doctors with chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar giving in-principle approval to the creation of specialist cadre post for MD or MS doctors.
Vaccination centres,pharmacies,ambulances,COVID test centres and oxygen cylinders remained the five most searched health categories on Just Dial
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