New 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.
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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 on 20th 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. The orientation of all Programme Managers of these 7 States was conducted today by ICMR & MoHFW covering all aspects of implementation protocols.
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