COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 334 - Prevention is better than cure

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Posted On: 15 DEC 2021 8:05PM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 135 Crore landmark milestone (135,17,97,270) today. More than 53 lakh (53,84,094) 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	10385876
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9620979
FLWs	1^st Dose	18383482
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16726786
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	482450870
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	280671529
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	190538898
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	136396712
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	119089349
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	87532789
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		820848475
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		530948795
Total		1351797270

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

Date: 15^th December, 2021 (334^thDay)
HCWs	1^st Dose	84
HCWs	2^nd Dose	5527
FLWs	1^st Dose	128
FLWs	2^nd Dose	9361
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	956324
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	2875855
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	218900
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	782005
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	129243
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	406667
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1304679
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		4079415
Total		5384094

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.