2,08,791 got their 1st shot in 28 hrs

An elderly woman gives a thumbs up after being inoculatd against Coronavirus at a vaccination center in Thane on Tuesday. PIC/PTI

As many as 2,08,791 beneficiaries aged above 60 or those aged 45-59 with comorbidities have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine till 1 pm on Tuesday, the Centre said. The Phase 2 vaccination drive started at 9 am on Monday.

In the first two phases so far, 1,48,55,073 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country till 1 pm on Tuesday, out of which 67,04,856 healthcare workers have been given the first dose of the vaccine and 25,98,192 healthcare workers have been administered the second dose, government officials said. Besides, 53,43,219 frontline workers have been administered the first dose of vaccine till now, they said.

50 lakh registrations
"Since last morning, when the registrations were opened up at 9 am, we had about 50 lakh registrations on our site. Though there were some glitches in the first version of the Co-WIN which was launched on January 16, we have had no glitches in the new version of the system," R S Sharma, the Chairman of the Empowered Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Administration.

CoWIN ‘highly scalable'
He said the government is watching the system closely as it has to be "highly scalable". "CoWIN portal should be able to take care of huge amount of load. After all, it is a program with which we will be vaccinating 1/6th of humanity and this program has to cater to millions of people at the same time," he said. He said state governments are coordinating with hospitals and supplying vaccines to them and "we are encouraging them to involve more and more private hospitals". Total number of hospitals which are involved in this job are 26,000-27,000. There are 12,500 private hospitals.

54 school kids in Haryana get COVID-19
As many as 54 students from a school in Karnal, Haryana, have tested positive for the novel Coronavirus, according to an NDTV report. Three students were found to be positive on Monday, following which more students were tested and reports of 54 of them confirmed they contracted the virus, said officials. The hostel has now been sealed. Students of Std IX-XII returned in December, while those from Std III to Std V came back from February 24.

1,11,24,527
total number of cases in the country as of today

1,57,248
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India

1,07,98,921
Patients recovered and discharged in india as of today

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