Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

 

Update on COVID-19 Vaccination

More than 15 lakh Healthcare Workers Vaccinated across the country

1,46,598 beneficiaries vaccinated till 6 pm on 8th day of vaccination drive

Only 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations

A training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries using Indian Vaccines conducted by MoHFW

Posted On: 23 JAN 2021 7:31PM by PIB Delhi

The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination program was conducted successfully on the eighth day as well.

The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 15 lakh today. A total of 15,37,190 beneficiaries (till 6 pm today) vaccinated through 27,776 sessions, as per the provisional report. 3,368 sessions were held till 6 pm today.

1,46,598 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the eighth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.

 

S. No.	State/UT	Beneficiaries vaccinated (provisional data)
1	A & N Islands	530
2	Andhra Pradesh	11,562
3	Arunachal Pradesh	525
4	Bihar	12,165
5	Chandigarh	345
6	Chhattisgarh	8,138
7	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	83
8	Daman & Diu	189
9	Delhi	6,111
10	Goa	615
11	Gujarat	22,063
12	Haryana	9,188
13	Himachal Pradesh	3,935
14	Jammu & Kashmir	1,820
15	Karnataka	3,669
16	Kerala	6,012
17	Ladakh	157
18	Lakshadweep	81
19	Maharashtra	21,751
20	Manipur	396
21	Meghalaya	158
22	Mizoram	322
23	Odisha	14,892
24	Puducherry	381
25	Punjab	8,968
26	Rajasthan	7,900
27	Tamil Nadu	4,642
	All India	1,46,598

 

123 AEFIs have been reported till 6 pm on the eighth day of the vaccination drive.

Total 11 persons have been hospitalized so far. 0.0007% people have recorded hospitalization against vaccinations. In last 24 hours, one person has been hospitalized at Government Hospital, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh who was vaccinated at 20^th Jan 2021.

Total 6 deaths have been reported so far. In the last 24 hours, one person aged 56 years who was a resident of R/o Gurugram, Haryana has died. The Post-mortem confirms that Cardio-pulmonary disease was the reason for her death and it was not related to vaccination. None of these deaths have been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination.

 

A training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries (Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brazil, Maldives, Mauritius, Mongolia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Seychelles & Sri Lanka) using Indian Vaccines was conducted by MoHFW covering all aspects of vaccine roll-out spread over 2 days.

In addition to 12 states currently using Covaxin, seven new States would be administering Covaxin from next week – Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab & West Bengal. Orientation of all Programme Managers of these 7 States was conducted today by ICMR & MoHFW covering all aspects of implementation protocols.

 

 (With input from news agency language)  

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