COVID-19 Vaccination Update – Day 328

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 131 Crore landmark milestone (131,09,90,768) today. More than 67 lakh (67,11,113) Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.

The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:

Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
HCWs	1^st Dose	10385295
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9578757
FLWs	1^st Dose	18382425
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16654204
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	474236912
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	260176498
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	188536173
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	130635998
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	117934532
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	84469974
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		809475337
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		501515431
Total		1310990768

Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:

Date: 9^thDecember, 2021 (328^thDay)
HCWs	1^st Dose	131
HCWs	2^nd Dose	6340
FLWs	1^st Dose	182
FLWs	2^nd Dose	12862
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	1351738
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	3388757
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	320242
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	941439
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	187740
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	501682
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1860033
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		4851080
Total		6711113

The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.

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HFW/COVID Vaccination/9^thDecember/4

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