Indian carried out 18.63 lakh Covid-19 vaccinations till 7 pm on Monday, taking the total number of vaccine shots administered to nearly 3.18 crore since the drive commenced two months ago on January 16.
While 74.08 lakh health care workers took the first dose, while nearly 43.98 lakh among them received the second shot also. Among frontline workers 74.26 lakh and around 13.24 lakh received the firt and second dose respectively. About 95.19 lakh among people bove 60 years of age and a little over 16,96 lakh people with co-morbidities too received their first dose of vaccine so far.
On Monday, around 15.98 lakh beneficiaries received their first shot, while over 2.65 lakh received the second dose as well, according to a statement issued by the Health Ministry.
Comments
Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.
We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of TheHindu Businessline and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.