An update on Covid 19
- The Government of India provides about 18 crore vaccine doses to States and Union territories
- More than one crore doses still available with States/UTs to be administered
- In the next three days, the GoI to give additional nine Lakh doses to States and Union Territories
- India’s Cumulative Vaccination Coverage achieves the Landmark of 17 Cr doses
- India Fastest globally to Administer 17 cr vaccine doses
- More than 20.31 lakh beneficiaries of age group 18-44 Vaccinated
- Average daily recovery of more than 3.28 lakh cases recorded in last 10 days
- The National Mortality Rate has been falling and currently stands at 1.09%.
- Three States/UTs have not reported any COVID-19 deaths in the last 24 hours. These are D&D & D&N, Arunachal Pradesh and Lakshadweep.
- Finance Ministry says it is factually incorrect to state that no provision for expenditure on COVID-19 vaccination by the Central Government. The Ministry says the amount of Rs. 35,000 crore has been shown under the Demand for Grants No. 40, titled ‘Transfers to States’. Vaccines have actually been, and are being, procured by and paid for by the Centre through this head of account.
- A FedEx 777 cargo plane landed in Mumbai this morning with 81,000 kgs of medical equipment for Tata Memorial Centre (TMC) and its associated hospitals for distribution across India. The chartered flight carried in 3,400 portable oxygen concentrators along with 300,000 N95 masks. TMC, besides providing life-saving services, is also sourcing and allocating medical equipment for over 200 hospitals across India that are part of the National Cancer Grid (NCG).
- The ESIC under the Ministry of Labour and Employment has installed oxygen generation plants at two hospitals in Delhi NCR area. A 440 LPM capacity plant has been installed at the ESIC Hospital and Medical College in Faridabad, while another plant of 220 LPM capacity was commissioned at ESIC Hospital in Jhilmil, New Delhi
