COVID-19 UPDATES AS ON 31.3.2021
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
Over 6.3 cr vaccine doses administered across the country
Posted On: 31 MAR 2021 12:12PM by PIB
Eight States, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat,
53,480 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.
Ten States, as shown under, are displaying an upward trajectory in daily new cases.
Five states namely Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala,
On the other hand, more than 6.30 cr (6,30,54,353) vaccine doses have been administered through 10,46,757 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today. These include 82,16,239 HCWs (1st dose), 52,19,525 HCWs (2nd dose), 90,48,417 FLWs (1st dose) and 37,90,467 FLWs (2nd Dose), 73,52,957 (1st Dose) and 6,824 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities and 2,93,71,422 (1st Dose) and 48,502 (2nd dose) 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 | 2nd dose | 1st Dose | 2nd Dose | |
| 82,16,239 | 52,19,525 | 90,48,417 | 37,90,467 | 73,52,957 | 6,824 | 2,93,71,422 | 48,502 | |
Total = 6,10,54,353
As on Day-74 of the vaccination drive (30th March, 2021), total 19,40,999 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 17,77,637 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 39,666 sessions for 1st dose and 1,63,632 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.
| Date: 30th March,2021 | |||||||||
| HCWs | FLWs | 45 to < 60 years with Co-morbidities | Over 60 years | Total Achievement | |||||
| 1stDose | 2ndDose | 1stDose | 2nd Dose | 1stDose | 2ndDose | 1stDose | 2ndDose | 1stDose | 2ndDose |
| 41,323 | 30,778 | 1,03,675 | 79,246 | 4,80,474 | 6,419 | 11,52,165 | 46,919 | 17,77,637 | 1,63,362 |
41,280 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours.
354 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours.
Six States account for 82.20% of the new deaths.
Fourteen States/UTs have not reported any COVID19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are
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No shortage of Vaccines with States; Centre will continually replenish States’ Supplies
Need to keep Vaccine Wastage below 1% re-emphasized
Posted On: 31 MAR 2021 2:37PM by PIB
Shri Rajesh Bhushan, Union Health Secretary and Dr R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) and Chairperson, Empowered Group on COVID Vaccination chaired a high-level meeting through video conference today with Health Secretaries, State Mission Directors of NHM and State Immunization officers of all States and UTs to review the status, pace and issues regarding COVID vaccination across the country as well as the preparations for April 2021 when vaccination would be extended to all persons above the age of 45. A key theme underlying the meet was the identification of low vaccine coverage pockets particularly in districts showing COVID surge and for taking corrective actions there.
The following was advised to the States and UTs regarding the vaccination coverage of Health Care Workers (HCW)s & Front Line Workers (FLW)s:
1. Ensure that only eligible beneficiaries are registered and vaccinated under category of HCW and FLW.
2. Archive incorrect/duplicate entries on CoWIN platform.
3. Identify pockets of low vaccination coverage – health facility/professional association/blocks, districts etc., for taking corrective action.
4. Saturation of vaccination of these groups on priority.
Regarding the involvement of Private COVID Vaccination Centres (CVC)s, the States/UTs were asked to:
1. Conduct regular reviews of vaccinations at Private CVCs with respect to their capacity utilization.
2. Undertake GIS analysis of CVCs to identify need for additional CVCs within States/UTs.
3. Address apprehensions of Private CVCs regarding vaccine supply, guidelines etc proactively.
On the issue of Vaccine Stocks, the States and UTs were advised to ensure that:
1. There is no sedimentation of vaccine stocks at any level of storage.
2. Distribution based on consumption to avoid overstocking as well as under-stocking at Cold Chain Points and CVCs.
3. Regular review of vaccine stocks and consumption is undertaken to identify gap areas and address the same.
The Centre also advised the States and UTs for the following:
1. Maintain vaccine wastage at less than 1% (present National Wastage Percentage being 6%).
2. Regularly review vaccine wastage across all levels to minimize the same.
3. Ensure timely utilization of available stocks to avoid expiry of vaccines without usage.
4. Timely updating of data of vaccine consumption to be ensured on CoWIN & eVIN portals.
Dr. R S Sharma assured that there is no problem in the storage and logistics of vaccines. He re-emphasized the point that there is no value in conserving vaccines for the second dose and that States must promptly supply vaccines to all government and private hospitals where there is a demand.
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