COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 255 - Prevention is better than cure

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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 86 Crore(86,93,79,970) today. More than 88 lakh (88,98,560) 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	1,03,71,843
HCWs	2^nd Dose	88,50,671
FLWs	1^st Dose	1,83,50,000
FLWs	2^nd Dose	1,48,77,142
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	35,22,02,434
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	7,69,64,427
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	15,74,83,194
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	7,48,10,270
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	10,02,80,999
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	5,51,88,990
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		63,86,88,470
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		23,06,91,500
Total		86,93,79,970

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

Date: 27^thSeptember, 2021 (255^thDay)
HCWs	1^st Dose	362
HCWs	2^nd Dose	14,422
FLWs	1^st Dose	522
FLWs	2^nd Dose	41,118
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	38,11,600
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	23,75,424
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	9,58,618
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	8,08,948
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	5,10,532
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	3,77,014
1^st Dose Administered in Total		52,81,634
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		36,16,926
Total		88,98,560

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.