Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years was started on 16 March, 2022. So far, more than 2.42 Cr (2,42,97,421) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Similarly, the Covid-19 precaution dose administration for age group 18-59 years also started from 10th April, 2022 onwards.
1,44,161 precaution doses have been administered so far, the government release notified. Meanwhile, India logged 1,150 fresh infections in the last 24 hours, 175 more than yesterday, according to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday.
The active cases in the country increased to 11,558 which accounts for 0.03 per cent of the total cases. During this period, the daily case positivity rate remained 0.31%, a minor drop from what was reported on Saturday (0.32%).