- India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 1.06 crore in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry.
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India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,92,746 with 12,143 new infections being reported in a day, while the recoveries crossed 1.06 crore in the last 24 hours, according to Union Health Ministry.
2.The death count increased to 1,55,550 with 103 daily new fatalities.Meanwhile, The second dose of the Covid vaccine will be administered today to those who took the first shot on Day 1 of the nationwide inoculation drive on January 16.
3.The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday informed that the cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID-19 has reached 77.66 lakhs.
4.“77,66,319 beneficiaries have been vaccinated through 1,63,587 sessions, as per the provisional report till 6 pm today.
5.These include 58,65,813 health care workers (HCWs) (58.9 per cent) and 19,00,506 frontline workers (21.2 per cent),” stated the press release by the health ministry.
6.Total 2,61,309 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm on Friday, the twenty-eighth day of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination.
7.These include 50,837 health care workers and 2,10,472 frontline workers, as per provisional figures.
8.Replying to the concern of Chattisgarh Health Minister over COVID-19 vaccine, the Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Thursday said both the COVID-19 vaccines – Covaxin and Covishield are safe and immunogenic and should be used expeditiously to confer protection to the prioratised beneficiaries thereby mitigating the impact of the pandemic at the earliest.
9.With the addition of 364 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Maharashtra’s Thane district has reached 2,56,549,an official said on Thursday. Apart from these new cases reported on Wednesday, five more people also succumbed to the viral infection, taking the death toll in the district to 6,194, he said.
10.Over 13,000 railway health care staff have been vaccinated against COVID-19 during the pan-India vaccination drive in a phased manner, the Railway Ministry said on Wednesday
(With ANI inputs)
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