New Delhi: In the continuing vaccination drive throughout the nation, as many as 2,15,185 beneficiaries of the age group 18 to 44 years acquired their first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in the last 24 hours, in keeping with the Union Health Ministry.
As per a launch by the ministry on Monday, the vaccination drive is underway in 12 states and union territories. Gujarat has vaccinated probably the most beneficiaries between the age bracket of 18 to 44 years, cumulatively with 1,08,188 doses, adopted by Rajasthan with 75,817 and Maharashtra with 73,455.
Haryana has administered 54,946 doses, Chhattisgarh 1,025, Delhi 39,799, Haryana 54,946, Jammu and Kashmir 5,562, Karnataka 2,353, Odisha 6,311, Punjab 635, Tamil Nadu 2,521, and Uttar Pradesh 33,242, mentioned the ANI report.
The whole vaccinations throughout the nation have crossed 15.88 crore mark, because the nation administered practically 16.5 lakh vaccine doses until 8 pm on Monday, whereas the cumulative quantity of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the nation stands at 15,88,71,435.
The `liberalized and accelerated` phase-3 technique of Covid-19 vaccination got here into power on May 1. Registration for the newly eligible inhabitants teams had commenced on April 28.
On Monday, the federal government expressed concern over the rising quantity of every day COVID-19 circumstances in some states. Addressing a information briefing, Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry Lav Agarwal mentioned 13 states, together with Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Punjab, Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, are displaying early indicators of plateauing or lower in every day new COVID-19 circumstances.
Lav Agarwal mentioned states like Bihar, Rajasthan, Haryana, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka and West Bengal are nonetheless displaying a rise in every day infections.
Delhi, which had recorded 25,294 circumstances on April 24, registered 24,253 circumstances on May 2. Similarly, Maharashtra had reported 65,442 infections on April 24 and 62,417 on April 30. Chhattisgarh, the place 15,583 circumstances had been reported on April 29, recorded 14,087 recent circumstances on May 2.
The same development has been seen in Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Ladakh, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
On the scenario in districts, Agarwal mentioned Durg, Gariyaband, Raipur, Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh; Chhindwara, Guna, Shajapur in Madhya Pradesh, Leh in Ladakh; Nirmal in Telangana are displaying indicators of decline in circumstances in the last 15 days. Agarwal mentioned 12 districts of Maharashtra are additionally displaying indicators of a decline throughout the interval.
He additional mentioned there are 12 states the place energetic circumstances are greater than a lakh, including that they’re Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu.
According to him, there are 22 states the place the positivity charge is greater than 15 p.c and in 9 states the positivity charge is between 5 to fifteen p.c and in 5 states it’s lower than 5 p.c.
He mentioned states and union territories like Andaman and Nicobar, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Odisha are displaying an rising development in every day circumstances.
Puducherry, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura and West Bengal are additionally in the identical scenario, the Joint Secretary in the Health Ministry added.
(With Agency Inputs)
