India has become the fastest country in the world to inoculate four million people with the Covid-19 vaccination within 18 days after the launch of mega vaccination drive throughout the country. The Union Health Ministry gave its information on Wednesday. The ministry said that as of this morning, more than 41 lakh beneficiaries have been vaccinated under the nationwide campaign. On February 1, India joined the top five countries in terms of coronavirus vaccination. Vaccination campaigns in India continue to boom.
According to the Ministry of Health, 41,38,918 beneficiaries have been inoculated across the country till Wednesday. During the 24 hours, 1,88,762 health workers were inoculated in 3,845 sessions. A total of 76,576 sessions have been held so far. The number of beneficiaries names registered for vaccinations is increasing every day.
According to the ministry, India’s fight against Corona is also looking successful on other fronts. Fourteen states and union territories including Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram, Nagaland, Lakshadweep, Ladakh (UT), Sikkim, Manipur, Puducherry, Goa, Odisha and Assam. No deaths due to corona have been reported in these states during the last 24 hours. The number of patients recovering every day is increasing and there is a steady decline in mortality. The active cases in India continue to decline. The country’s active cases have fallen to 1,60,057 and this is less than 1.5 percent of the total cases.
A total of 11,039 new cases were reported in the country in a 24-hour period. During this period, 14,225 patients were also recovered from Coronavirus. This has resulted in a 3,296 drop in the active case. 1,04,62,631 patients have recovered from the infection. The recovery rate is 97.08 percent. The gap between active case and recovered cases is steadily increasing. There are less than 5000 active cases in 31 states and union territories.