India continues to report high spike in the number of daily Covid cases with more than 4 lakh cases reported in the last 24 hours.
Cases in 24 hours: 4,14,188
Total discharges: 3,31,507
Deaths: 3,915
Total cases: 2,14,91,598
Total recoveries: 1,76,12,351
Death toll: 2,34,083
Active cases: 36,45,164
Total vaccination: 16,49,73,058
India achieves a landmark of 16 crore vaccination in a span of 109 days, leaving US (111 days) and China (116 days) behind.
16,04,94,188 vaccine doses have been administered through 23,66,349 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
6,71,285 beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine across 12 States. These states are Chhattisgarh (1,026), Delhi (82,000), Gujarat (1,61,625), Jammu and Kashmir (10,885), Haryana (99,680), Karnataka (3,840), Maharashtra (1,11,621), Odisha (13,768), Punjab (908), Rajasthan (1,30,071), Tamil Nadu (4,577) and UP (51,284).
More than 14 lakh vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
As on Day-109 of the vaccination drive (4th May, 2021), 14,84,989 vaccine doses were given.
Amid rising Covid cases, India has reached nearly 15.5 crore inoculations on Saturday, May 1, 2021 as per the latest provisional report by the Health Ministry.
A total of 15,49,89,635 doses have been administered till date out of which 27,44,485 doses were given in the last 24 hours.
The National Recovery rate today stands at 81.84% with 2,99,988 recoveries being reported in the last 24 hours.
On the other hand, 4,01,993 new cases have been registered in the last 24 hours maintaining a daily high spike in the number of Covid cases.
Active caseload: 32,68,710
Number of deaths in the last 24 hours: 3,523
Arunachal Pradesh Health and Family Welfare minister Alo Libang on Monday urged the youth of the state to dispel rumours and fake news about the COVID-19 vaccine.
Interacting with a team of the newly elected members of All Nyishi Students’ Union (ANSU) at his office in Itanagar, Libang said that it was important that right information about the vaccine is spread among the masses.
The minister also appreciated the ANSU team led by its president Nabam Dodum for their concern for the people of the state and expressed hope that the second wave of the pandemic will be defeated soon
Earlier, the ANSU team offered their services to the health and family welfare department in containing the spread of Covid-19 in the state.
At the direction of the minister, health and family welfare secretary P Parthiban and Itanagar Capital Region district medical officer Dr M Perme briefed the team on the areas where they can volunteer.
Later while interacting with the media persons, Dodum and union general secretary Gora Rikam urged the people to follow the SoPs issued by the government.
“The new ANSU team is at the moment concentrating on containing the spread of Covid-19 after which we shall take up other issues,” the duo said.
After having administered 1.5 crore people with the Covid-19 vaccine, second phase of the vaccine drive began today aiming to cover 10 crore people in India. Health ministry said that for the next two days, training will be provided to the health workers and other staff who will administer the vaccine and other standard procedures in the centers.
States and Union Territories have been instructed to keep a scale-up plan ready which includes the granular weekly and fortnightly plans for administering the vaccination sites within the government as well as private facilities along with the number of doses administered.
The following criterion has been set for the administration of Covid-19 vaccination:
Eligibility
People who are above the age of 60 and people within the age of bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities are allowed to take vaccine shots. The government has listed 20 co-morbidities that are covered for vaccination.
Registration
People who want to get vaccinated in the second phase of Covid-19 vaccination have to register on the Co-Win platform.
Registration on Co-Win 2.0 portal – www.cowin.gov.in – opened at 9 a.m. today.
The beneficiaries can self-register in advance by downloading the Co-Win 2.0 portal and through other IT Applications such as Arogya Setu etc.
For people who are unable to register themselves can directly visit the vaccination center along with the required documents and get themselves registered.
Documents
A government ID proof will be sufficient for people over the age of 60. People aged 45 will have to upload a medical certificate mentioning their comorbid conditions.
The certificate can either be uploaded on Co-win 2.0 by the beneficiary while self-registering or a hard copy can be carried by the beneficiary to the CVC.
Cost of vaccination
The vaccine is free at government hospitals and paid at private hospitals with a cost of 250 per dose (price set by the government).
Where to get vaccinated
The health ministry has released two lists of private hospitals empaneled.
The list can be accessed here:
https://www.mohfw.gov.in/pdf/PMJAYPRIVATEHOSPITALSCONSOLIDATED.xlsx