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India has administered over 258 million Covid vaccine doses till now
This includes 10,067,641 healthcare workers who have had their first dose and 6,981,884 who have got their second dose as well
India has administered over 258 million coronavirus vaccine doses by Monday, June 14. A study published on the day said antibodies and immune memory among people who contract Covid-19 remain stable from six months to a year, and they get even better protection when vaccinated.
The findings, from researchers led by a team from Rockefeller University and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York, were published in Nature, and offer among the first concrete clues that immunity to the Sars-CoV-2 may be long-lasting.
Meanwhile, by Monday 7pm, 258,713,321 vaccine doses had been given in India. This includes 10,067,641 healthcare workers who have had their first dose and 6,981,884 who have got their second dose as well. As many as 16,838,400 frontline workers have had their first dose while 8,876,931 have got their second dose too.
In the 45-60-year age group, 76,548,740 people have got their first dose and another 12,081,922 have had their second dose as well. In the 60+ category, 62,978,733 people have been administered their first dose while 20,070,230 have had their second dose as well.
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In the 18-45 year age group, 2,099,621 beneficiaries received their first dose of Covid vaccine and 116,326 got their second dose on Monday and cumulatively, 43,435,032 of this age group have had their first dose while 833,808 have got their second dose as well across the country.
As many as 3,596,462 vaccine doses were given by the evening. Of this, 3,184,503 beneficiaries were vaccinated with the first dose and 411,959 beneficiaries received their second dose as well.
India registered 60,471 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, along with 2726 Covid-19 related deaths, the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW) said on Tuesday morning. With this, the national tally of coronavirus cases has risen to 29,570,881, including a related death toll of 377,031, Tuesday’s data showed.
