Thursday, October 08, 2026
More than 60 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated
India has scaled another global peak in its fight against the pandemic.
India has become the fastest country to vaccinate 6 million beneficiaries countrywide. This feat was achieved in just 24 days. USA took 26 days to reach this mark whereas the UK achieved this in 46 days.
The nationwide COVID Vaccination program was launched by Hon. Prime Minister on 16th Jan 2021. Vaccination of the frontline workers commended from 2nd Feb 2021.
The cumulative number of healthcare and frontline workers vaccinated against COVID19 has crossed 60 lakhs today. 60,35,660 beneficiaries were vaccinated through 1,24,744 sessions, as per the provisional report till 6 pm today. These include 54,12,270 HCWs and 6,23,390 FLWs.
Total 2,23,298 beneficiaries were vaccinated till 6 pm today, the twenty fourth day of nationwide COVID19 vaccination. Final reports would be completed for the day by late tonight.
8,257 sessions were held till 6 pm today.
35 States/UTs conducted the COVID vaccinations today.
S. No.
State/UT
Beneficiaries vaccinated
1
A & N Islands
3397
2
Andhra Pradesh
3,08,718
3
Arunachal Pradesh
12,931
4
Assam
97,379
5
Bihar
3,92,426
6
Chandigarh
6027
7
Chhattisgarh
1,81,276
8
Dadra & Nagar Haveli
1504
9
Daman & Diu
745
10
Delhi
1,13,138
11
Goa
8340
12
Gujarat
4,70,384
13
Haryana
1,48,027
14
Himachal Pradesh
56,594
15
Jammu & Kashmir
61,031
16
Jharkhand
1,17,210
17
Karnataka
4,11,861
18
Kerala
2,95,965
19
Ladakh
2234
20
Lakshadweep
839
21
Madhya Pradesh
3,62,649
22
Maharashtra
4,97,095
23
Manipur
9767
24
Meghalaya
7602
25
Mizoram
10937
26
Nagaland
4,917
27
Odisha
2,95,944
28
Puducherry
3761
29
Punjab
81,948
30
Rajasthan
4,62,962
31
Sikkim
5851
32
Tamil Nadu
1,66,408
33
Telangana
2,09,104
34
Tripura
44,621
35
Uttar Pradesh
6,73,542
36
Uttarakhand
77,907
37
West Bengal
3,68,562
38
Miscellaneous
62,057
Total
60,35,660
Eleven States/UT have vaccinated more than 65% of the registered HCWs.
11 States/UTs have reported less than 40% coverage of vaccinating HCWs. These are- Delhi, J&K, Ladakh, Punjab, D&NH, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, and Puducherry.
10 States account for 75.12% of the total beneficiaries vaccinated today.
Total of 29 persons have been hospitalized so far. This comprises 0.0005% of the total vaccinations. Of the 29 cases of hospitalization, 19 were discharged after treatment, while nine persons died. In the last 24 hours, one person who is suffering from B/L Facial Palsy has been hospitalized at Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences, Thiruvananathpuram, Kerala and is stable.
Total 23 deaths have been recorded till date. These comprise 0.0004% of the total vaccinations. Of the 23, nine persons died in the hospital while 14 deaths are recorded outside the hospital.
In the last 24 hours, one death has been reported of a 29-year-old female, a resident of Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh.
None of these deaths has been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination.
No case of serious/severe AEFI/Death is attributable to vaccination, till date.
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