COVID-19: More than 15.37 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated across India so far, says Ministry of Health
- IBEF
- January 25, 2021
According to Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), 15,37,190 beneficiaries have been vaccinated and over 27,700 COVID-19 vaccine sessions have been held till 6 pm on Saturday. The ministry added that in addition to 12 states currently using Covaxin, seven new states would be administering Covaxin from next week.
The MoHFW reported 6 deaths of which the post-mortem report of a 56-year old woman from Gurugram confirmed that the death occurred due to Cardio-pulmonary disease and not related to vaccination. Notably, none of the deaths has been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination, as per MoHFW.
The ministry said that in addition to 12 states currently using Covaxin, seven new states would be administering Covaxin from next week. It informed that training of Immunization Programme Managers of 13 foreign countries using Indian vaccine was conducted by the MoHFW covering all aspects of vaccine rollout spread over two days.
According to MoHFW, 28 states and UTs have less than 5,000 active COVID-19 cases. The ministry also revealed that India's total active coronavirus caseload has witnessed a declining trend and it has now dropped to 1.85 lakh on Saturday.
Disclaimer: This information has been collected through secondary research and IBEF is not responsible for any errors in the same.
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