COVID-19 Vaccination Update - Day 337 - Prevention is better than cure

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Posted On: 18 DEC 2021 8:48 PM by PIB Delhi

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 137 Crore landmark milestone (137,37,66,189) today. More than 69 lakh (69,21,097) 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	10386222
HCWs	2^nd Dose	9643246
FLWs	1^st Dose	18383939
FLWs	2^nd Dose	16767491
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	486229583
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	292345400
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	191435002
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	139659142
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	119624058
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	89292106
Cumulative 1^st dose administered		826058804
Cumulative 2^nd dose administered		547707385
Total		1373766189

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

Date: 18^th December, 2021 (337^th Day)
HCWs	1^st Dose	102
HCWs	2^nd Dose	5722
FLWs	1^st Dose	96
FLWs	2^nd Dose	10776
Age Group 18-44 years	1^st Dose	1125800
Age Group 18-44 years	2^nd Dose	3693360
Age Group 45-59 years	1^st Dose	280194
Age Group 45-59 years	2^nd Dose	1057584
Over 60 years	1^st Dose	170013
Over 60 years	2^nd Dose	577450
1^st Dose Administered in Total		1576205
2^nd Dose Administered in Total		5344892
Total		6921097

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.