Over 54 lakh frontline health workers administered COVID-19 vaccines so far; National recovery rate improves to 97.19 pct

New Delhi,  February 06 :

More than 54 lakh 16 thousand frontline health workers have been administered Covid-19 vaccines in the country so far. The Health and Family Welfare Ministry has informed that a total number of four lakh 57 thousand 404 people have been inoculated with Covid-19 doses in the last 24 hours. The number of beneficiaries being vaccinated every day has shown a consistent and progressive increase. The Ministry said India is the fastest country to reach the five million mark in COVID19 vaccination in 21 days. The USA reached the five million mark in 24 day, while the UK in 43 days and Israel in 45 days.

Meanwhile, the country’s COVID-19 recovery rate reached 97.19 per cent with the total recovery of more than 14 thousand four hundred 88 patients within 24 hours. The Ministry said, more than one crore five lakh patients have already been recovered from this disease. Active cases of Covid-19 are on a continuous declining trajectory in the country.

According to the Health and Family Welfare Ministry, there are one lakh 48 thousand 590 active cases in the country which comprises only 1.37 per cent of the total positive cases. A total number of 11 thousand 713 new cases have been reported in the country in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative positive cases to over one crore eight lakh. The Health Ministry said, 95 deaths have been reported within 24 hours taking the toll to over one lakh 54 thousand across the country.

India has registered an unprecedented record in the number of COVID-19 cumulative tests. It has crossed the landmark of 20 crore tests. The Indian Council of Medical Research said that various laboratories have conducted more than seven lakh 40 thousand tests of corona virus samples in the last 24 hours.