New Delhi, March 16 : A day after achieving the highest inoculation figure, the country’s vaccination number fell by over 11 lakh with just over 19 lakh beneficiaries turning up for their immunisation against Covid-19 on Tuesday.
As per the provisional report by the Union Health Ministry, 19,11,913 people received vaccine doses on the 60th day of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive.
On Monday, more than 30 lakh doses were administered, which was the highest achieved so far in the ongoing vaccination drive against Covid-19.
On Tuesday, 16,10,989 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 3,00,924 healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) received their booster dose of vaccine, the ministry said.
“Final reports would be completed for the day by late on Tuesday ,” it added.
The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 3.48 crore.
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