India's Covid vax coverage exceeds 158 crore

January 18, 2022 10:51

India's cumulative COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 158.04 crore on Tuesday, said the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

As per government data, 1,58,04,41,770 vaccine doses have been administered so far.

The ministry said that this has been achieved through 1,69,76,817 sessions.

In the last 24 hours, a total of 79,91,230 vaccine doses were inoculated to the eligible population.

Over 50 lakh precautionary doses of the vaccine have been administered.

The ministry informed that 50,84,410 precautionary doses have been administered so far. Of these, 19,92,671 doses were given to healthcare workers, 16,85,446 to frontline workers and 14,06,293 to those above 60 years with co-morbidities. -- ANI

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