India’s Cumulative COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage exceeds 47.22 Cr

Recovery Rate stands at 97.35%
40,134 Daily New Cases reported in last 24 hours
India’s Active Caseload (4,13,718) presently constitutes 1.31% of total cases
Daily Positivity Rate (2.81%) less than 5% for 56 consecutive days

New Delhi, August 02, 2021:

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coveragehas exceeded 47.22 Cr. Cumulatively,47,22,23,639 vaccine doses have been administered through 55,99,690 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. 17,06,598 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

These include:

HCWs	1^st Dose	1,03,11,380
HCWs	2^nd Dose	78,56,466
FLWs	1^st Dose	1,79,78,353
FLWs	2^nd Dose	1,13,65,816
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	15,70,22,578
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	88,94,835
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	10,65,50,619
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	3,94,29,559
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	7,61,31,656
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	3,66,82,377
Total		47,22,23,639

The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 21st June, 2021. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

Out of the people infected since the beginning of the pandemic, 3,08,57,467 people have already recovered from COVID-19 and 36,946 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours. This constitutes an overall recovery rate of 97.35%.

India has reported 40,134 daily new cases in the last 24 hours.

Less than 50,000 Daily New Cases have been reported since thirty-six continuous days. This is a result of sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the States/UTs.

India’s Active Caseload today stands at 4,13,718and active cases now constitute1.31% of the country’s total Positive Cases.

With substantially ramped up testing capacity across the country, a total of 14,28,984 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours in the country. Cumulatively, India has conducted over 46.96 crore (46,96,45,494) tests so far.

While on one side testing capacity has been enhanced across the country, Weekly Positivity Rate is currently at 2.37% and the Daily Positivity rate stands at 2.81% today. Daily Positivity rate has remained below 5%for 56 consecutive days now.