Deaths after COVID vaccination doubled to 180 in 2 weeks, shows report SECTIONS Share Synopsis According to an analysis of the data as of March 20, of the 494 adverse events reported, 124 were deaths, 305 were serious events that required hospitalisation and 65 were severe events. AP The immunisation division of the health and family welfare ministry on Thursday put out the causality assessment results of the 13 cases that were assessed over the past one month. The number of deaths following Covid-19 vaccinations in India doubled to 180 as of March 29 from about two weeks earlier, according to a presentation made to the National Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) committee. There were also 617 serious and severe adverse events recorded in this period, the presentation by the health ministry’s Immunisation Technical Support Unit (ITSU) showed. The number of deaths after the Covid-19 vaccination drive recorded by the health ministry was 89 as of March 16.