COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 25.3.2021

 

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat report a hike; account for 81% of Daily New COVID Cases

Over 5.31 Cr Vaccine doses administered across the country

More than 23 Lakh doses given in the last 24 hours

Posted On: 25 MAR 2021 11:32AM by PIB Delhi

 

Six States, Maharashtra, Punjab, Kerala, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat, are reporting a surge in daily new cases. They together account for 80.63% of the new cases reported in last 24 hours.

53,476 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.

Maharashtra continues to report the highest daily new cases at 31,855 (59.57%). It is followed by Punjab with 2,613 while Kerala reported 2,456 new cases.

Ten states, as highlighted here, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.

India’s total Active Caseload stands at 3.95 lakh (3,95,192) today, comprising 3.35% of the total positive cases. A net incline of 26,735 cases is recorded from the total active caseload in the last 24 hours.

Three states, Maharashtra, Kerala and Punjab, account for 74.32% of total active cases in the country. Maharashtra alone accounts for 62.91% of the total active cases in the country.

Over 5.31Cr (5,31,45,709) vaccine doses have been administered through 8,61,292 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.

These include 79,80,849 HCWs (1st dose), 50,61,790 HCWs (2nd dose), 84,78,478 FLWs (1^st dose) and3 2,37,381 FLWs (2^nd Dose), 51,31,949 beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities (1^st Dose) and 2,32,55,262 beneficiaries aged more than 60 years.

 

HCWs		FLWs		45 to <60 years with Co-morbidities	Over 60 years
1st Dose	2nd Dose	1st Dose	2nd Dose	1st Dose	1st Dose
79,80,849	50,61,790	84,78,478	32,37,381	51,31,949	2,32,55,262

 

Total = 53145709

 

As on Day-68 of the vaccination drive (24^th March, 2021), more than 23 lakh (23,03,305) vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 21,13,323 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 38,243 sessions for 1^st dose and 1,89,982 HCWs and FLWs received 2^nd dose of vaccine.

 

Date: 24th March, 2021
HCWs		FLWs		45to<60 years with Co-morbidities	Over 60years			Total Achievement
1stDose	2ndDose	1stDose	2nd Dose	1stDose	1stDose			1stDose			2ndDose
62,761	41,344	1,16,351	1,48,638	4,32,773	15,01,438			21,13,323			1,89,982

 

 

60% of the cumulative doses (5,31,45,709) have been given in eight states, as outlined below. 

India’s cumulative recoveries stand at 1,12,31,650 today. The national Recovery Rate is 95.28%.

26,490 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours. The gap between total recovered cases and the active cases stands at 10,836,458 today.

251 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.

Six States account for 78.49% of the daily deaths. Maharashtra saw the maximum casualties (95). Punjabfollows with 39 daily deaths and Chhattisgarh reported 29 deaths in the last 24 hours.

Fourteen States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are J&K (UT), Goa, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Lakshadweep, D&D & D&N, Ladakh (UT), Sikkim, Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram, A&N Islands, Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland.

                                                                                                                                        

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