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January 16, 2021 22:50 IST
1,65,714 people received the jab on the first day. Culmination of five months’ hard work, says Harsh Vardhan
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A health worker gets vaccine for COVID-19 during the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital in New Delhi on January 16, 2021.
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1,65,714 people received the jab on the first day. Culmination of five months’ hard work, says Harsh Vardhan
After a review of the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Health Ministry on Saturday evening said 1,65,714 people were vaccinated as per the provisional reports. It said 16,755 personnel were involved in organising the immunisation session sites. “No case of post-vaccination hospitalisation has been reported so far,’’ it said.
New Delhi said it plans to inoculate some 300 million people in the first phase of the vaccination exercise, including health-care and other frontline workers.
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Country’s active caseload down to 2.14 lakh
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A BBPM health worker collecting a swab sample for COVID-19 test in Bengaluru on Tuesday.
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Country’s active caseload down to 2.14 lakh The total number of persons found to be positive with the new U.K. variant genome stands at 102, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday and added that India’s active caseload had fallen to 2.14 lakh (2,14,507).
“The share of active cases in the total positive cases has shrunk to 2.04%. This is the lowest after 197 days. The total active cases were 2,15,125 on 30th June, 2020. A net decline of 2,051 cases has been recorded in the total active cases in the last 24 hours,” said a statement from the Ministry.