COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 266 - Prevention is better than cure

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In a significant achievement, India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 93.90 Crore (93,90,86,001) today. More than 71 lakh (71,75,744) 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	10374823
HCWs	2^nd Dose	8994315
FLWs	1^st Dose	18357799
FLWs	2^nd Dose	15273423
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	379526238
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	95954773
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	164250887
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	81708869
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	103831426
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	58813448
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		676341173
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		262744828
Total		939086001

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

Date: 8^th October, 2021 (266th Day)
HCWs	1^st Dose	184
HCWs	2^nd Dose	14895
FLWs	1^st Dose	643
FLWs	2^nd Dose	50052
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	2683146
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	2217813
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	667426
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	776085
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	350238
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	415262
1^st Dose Administered in Total		3701637
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		3474107
Total		7175744

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.