India vaccination drive has administered 35 lakh vaccine doses on day 85. The vaccination drive was rolled out on 16th January 2021.
On Day-85 of the vaccination drive (10 April 2021), a total of 35,19,987 vaccine doses were given. Among which, 31,22,109 beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and 3,97,878 received 2nd dose of the vaccine.
So far, more than 10.15 cr (10,15,95,147) vaccine doses have been administered. It covers around 8.88 crores of the first dosage and around 1.27 crores for the second dosage to HCWs, FLWs, beneficiaries aged more than 45 years of age.
In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, India continues to remain at the top with an average of 38,34,574 doses administered per day.
COVID-19 cases across states
India’s daily new cases continue to rise. 1,52,879 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have shown a rise in the COVID daily new cases. 80.92% of the new cases are reported from these 10 states.
Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 55,411. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 14,098 while Uttar Pradesh reported 12,748 new cases.