Covid-19: 80% of India’s adult population fully vaccinated
New Delhi, February 19: At least 80 per cent of India’s adult population has been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday. The cumulative number of coronavirus vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 175 crore, according to official data.
India has crossed the historic milestone of administering both doses of coronavirus vaccine to 80 per cent of its adult population, Mansukh Mandaviya said in a tweet.
“With the mantra of ‘sabka prayas’ under the leadership of PM @NarendraModi ji, the country is moving at a fast pace towards 100 per cent immunisation,” he said.
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According to official data, around 96.5 per cent of the country’s adult population has been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Over 2 crore adolescents in the 15-18 age group have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, the data stated.
Meanwhile, India logged 22,270 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with a daily positivity rate of 1.80 per cent, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday.
With this, the active coronavirus cases in the country stand at 2,53,739. As many as 60,298 patients recovered from the disease during this period taking the total number of recoveries since the onset of the pandemic to 4,20,37,536. The recovery rate in the country currently stands at 98.21 per cent.
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According to the ministry, 325 patients lost their lives in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 5,11,230. A total of 12,35,471 Covid-19 tests were done in the last 24 hours while the country has tested 75,81,27,480 samples so far. The weekly positivity rate is 2.50 per cent.
-PTC News
