COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 279 - Prevention is better than cure

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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed100 Crore landmark milestone(1,00,53,63,691) today. India celebrated this historic achievement with the launch of a film and song at capital Delhi’s Red Fort by Union Health Minister, Mansukh Mandaviya.

More than 56 lakh (56,11,985) 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	10377801
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9117696
FLWs	1^st Dose	18368605
FLWs	2^nd Dose	15634516
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	402027196
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	119796260
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	170628046
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	88971251
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	107374992
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	62733097
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		709110871
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		296252820
Total		1005363691

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

Date: 21^stOctober, 2021 (279^thDay)
HCWs	1^st Dose	95
HCWs	2^nd Dose	8670
FLWs	1^st Dose	184
FLWs	2^nd Dose	26790
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	1670915
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	2190340
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	444835
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	685860
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	231348
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	352948
1^st Dose Administered in Total		2347377
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		3264608
Total		5611985

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.