India has administered over 364 million Covid vaccine doses till now

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India has administered over 364 million Covid vaccine doses till now

New Delhi: Meanwhile, by 7 pm on Wednesday, 364,569,414 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 3,104,426 doses were administered on the day.

In the 18-45 age group, 1,404,816 were given the first dose while 135,166 doses were given as the second dose on the day. Cumulatively, 106,208,106 persons across the country have received their first dose and 3,188,078 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.

Eight states: Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Gujarat, Karnataka and Maharashtra have administered more than 5 million first doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the 18-45 age group. Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 1 million beneficiaries of the age group with the first dose.India on Thursday recorded 45,892 fresh Covid cases and 817 new deaths, according to the Union health ministry dashboard. With this, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 infection tally went up to 30,709,557 and the total death toll was pushed to 405,028.