Over 2.45 cr beneficiaries register on Co-WIN as Phase III of Vaccination commences

New Delhi: More than 2.45 crore beneficiaries have registered themselves on Co-WIN digital platform till this morning as the Phase-3 of the vaccination commenced on April 28th, the Health Ministry said here on Friday.

While more than 1.37 crore registered themselves on 28th April, over 1.04 crore registered by the end of Thursday.

On the other hand, the cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 15.22 crore today, the Ministry said in a statement.

As per the provisional report this morning, cumulatively, 15,22,45,179 vaccine doses have been administered through 22,43,097 sessions,  These include 93,86,904 Health Care Workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and 61,91,118 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,24,19,965 Front Line Workers (FLWs) (1stdose), 67,07,862 FLWs (2nddose), 5,19,01,218 1st dose beneficiaries and 1,04,41,359 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 5,17,78,842 (1st dose) and 34,17,911 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years.

More than 21 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

As on Day-104 of the vaccination drive yesterday, 22,24,548 vaccine doses were given. Total 12,74,803 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 21,810 sessions for 1st dose and 9,49,745 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine, as per the statement.

In another significant development, more than 19 lakh (19,20,107) tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, making it the highest single-day tests done in India. (UNI)