COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 280 - Prevention is better than cure

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India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 101.2 Crore(1,01,24,09,255) today. More than 62 lakh (62,58,092) 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	10377990
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9130335
FLWs	1^st Dose	18368968
FLWs	2^nd Dose	15669872
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	404165807
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	122471539
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	171184694
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	89839242
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	107669568
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	63197009
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		712101258
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		300307997
Total		1012409255

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

Date: 22^ndOctober, 2021 (280^thDay)
HCWs	1^st Dose	164
HCWs	2^nd Dose	11282
FLWs	1^st Dose	251
FLWs	2^nd Dose	31776
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	1863887
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	2438326
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	483472
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	768598
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	254149
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	406187
1^st Dose Administered in Total		2601923
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		3656169
Total		6258092

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.