COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 335 - Prevention is better than cure

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Posted On: 16 DEC 2021 7:50 PM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has reached close to 136 Crore (135,91,01,972) today. More than 62 lakh (62,90,272) 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	10385947
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9628277
FLWs	1^st Dose	18383625
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16740631
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	483688375
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	284620359
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	190824801
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	137468574
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	119258336
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	88103047
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		822541084
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		536560888
Total		1359101972

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

Date: 16^th December, 2021 (335^th Day)
HCWs	1^st Dose	65
HCWs	2^nd Dose	5734
FLWs	1^st Dose	94
FLWs	2^nd Dose	11521
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	982332
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	3498540
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	223956
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	938222
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	134216
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	495592
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1340663
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		4949609
Total		6290272

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.