Even as covid cases surged to nearly 12,781 in the last 24 hours, health experts said that India has achieved remarkable vaccination coverage by administering more than 1.96 billion doses in all eligible age groups. “India’s total vaccination coverage is even more than other countries.
It has given a huge amount of protection to keep the fatality down right from Alpha, Delta and Omicron (variants of covid-19).
So the vaccination drive has saved all of us as far as covid-19 virus is concerned," said Dr Sanjeev Bagai, Chairman, Nephron clinics.
The total tally of covid cases has reached 43.3 million with active cases surging to 76,700 on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 524,873 with 18 new fatalities, the health ministry said.