COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 336 - Prevention is better than cure

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Posted On: 17 DEC 2021 8:23 PM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 136 Crore landmark milestone (136,58,69,610) today. More than 55 lakh (55,98,939) 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	10386093
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9635350
FLWs	1^st Dose	18383796
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16752320
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	484877228
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	288216504
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	191098747
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	138468039
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	119422159
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	88629374
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		824168023
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		541701587
Total		1365869610

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

Date: 17^th December, 2021 (336^th Day)
HCWs	1^st Dose	119
HCWs	2^nd Dose	5353
FLWs	1^st Dose	127
FLWs	2^nd Dose	8884
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	938861
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	3030903
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	212653
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	836230
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	129192
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	436617
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1280952
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		4317987
Total		5598939

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.