The Union health ministry on Wednesday said, Eighteen states and Union Territories, including Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh, have not reported any death due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours.
The cumulative recoveries of India have been showing a progressive increment on a daily basis informed the ministry said.
“Eighteen states/UTs have not reported any Covid-19 death in the last 24 hours. These are Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Puducherry, Himachal Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Manipur, Ladakh, Assam, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu,” the ministry said in a statement.
🔷Active Cases decline in all States/UTs in the last month
🔶No death reported in 18 States/UTs in last 24 hours
🔷Recoveries continue to rise; Cumulative recoveries at 1.06 Cr
🔶Nearly 90 lakh COVID19 vaccine doses administered#LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/xX8nym4ry8
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) February 17, 2021
As per the provisional report on Wednesday, nearly 90 lakh vaccine doses have been given to beneficiaries through 1,91,373 sessions till 8 am.
These included 61,50,922 healthcare workers (first dose), 2,76,377 healthcare workers (second dose) and 25,71,931 frontline workers (first dose).
The ministry said, a total of 36 cases of hospitalization and 29 cases of deaths were reported among those who have been vaccinated till 4 pm on February 16.
22 were discharged after treatment out of 36 cases of who were hospitalized.
“Two are still under treatment and 12 cases (people) died. Out of the 29 deaths, 17 are outside hospital whereas 12 deaths are in hospital,” it said.
The ministry said no case of serious or severe AEFI (adverse event following immunisation) or death is attributable to vaccination till date.
As on day 32 (February 16) of the vaccination drive, a total of 2,76,943 doses were given across 7,001 sessions.
“Out of which, 1,60,691 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 1,16,252 HCWs received the second dose of vaccine,” it said.
“Eight states account for 57.8 per cent of the total vaccine doses administered in India. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 10.4 per cent (9,34,962),” it said.
