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Second dose of COVID-19 vaccination drive commences in India - In pics
Authorities geared up to administer the second round of COVID-19 vaccinations on Saturday. In the previous drive, India managed to vaccinate close to 8 million beneficiaries against COVID19 in 28 days. Healthcare and frontline workers are among the ones that received the first dose of the vaccine.
India has vaccinated close to 80 lakh beneficiaries
On February 13, over 79,00,000 beneficiaries had received the vaccination under the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination exercise.
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Healthcare and frontline workers were among the first to get the vaccine
The vaccination drive eperienced a slow start but has picked up the pace with the arrival of the second dose.
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The second round of vaccinations is underway
The second Covid-19 vaccine dose, which is called the booster shot, further boosts the immune system of your body. Hence, the administration of both is essential.
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The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a consistent enhancement
On Day 28 (12th February) of the vaccination drive, 4,62,637 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 10,411 sessions.
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8 States account for 60 per cent of the total beneficiaries vaccinated in India.
Bihar, West Bengal, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh are among the states that have vaccinated more than 4,00,000 beneficiaries each.
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13 states have reported between 1-5 new deaths
Kerala has reported the maximum number of single day recoveries with 5,332 newly recovered cases. 2,422 people recovered in Maharashtra in the past 24 hours followed by 486 in Tamil Nadu.
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Indias total Active Caseload currently stands at 1.36 lakh
A total of 1.06 Crore people have recovered thus far out of which 11,395 patients have got discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours. The National Recovery rate is 97.32 per cent.
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In the last 24 hours, 17 states reported no new deaths
Telangana, Odisha, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Chandigarh, Nagaland, Assam, Manipur, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Ladakh (UT), Mizoram, Andaman Nicobar Islands, Tripura, Lakshadweep, Arunachal Pradesh and Diu and Daman, Dadra Nagar Haveli were among the stses that reported no new deaths.
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Over 12,000 daily new cases were registered within the day
Kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Punjab reported 86 per cent of the new cases registered.
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103 deaths were recorded in the last 24 hours
According to reports, six states account for over 80 per cent of the new deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties and Kerala follows with 18 daily deaths, while Karnataka and Punjab reported 8 deaths each.
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