1.21 lakh more get vaccinated
The number of Covid-19 vaccine recipients continued rising for the second consecutive day as another 1,21,010 people were vaccinated all over the country yesterday.
Between Sunday and Tuesday, the number of people vaccinated daily was declining.
On Sunday, 1,25,752 people were vaccinated, while 1,16,300 were vaccinated on Monday and 1,14,680 on Tuesday, according to Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) data.
The number started rising again from Tuesday, when 1,18,654 people were vaccinated.
With the latest figure, the total number of people inoculated rose to 35,81,169.
As of 5:30pm yesterday, at least 47,70,953 people have registered for vaccination.
On the other hand, seven more people died from Covid-19 in the past 24-hours till 8:00am yesterday, said a DGHS press release.
The total number of fatalities has now reached 8,435 with the death rate at 1.54 percent.
At least 619 new infections were recorded across the country in the same 24 hours, taking the total number of infected people to 5,48,549.
With 15,985 tests conducted yesterday, the positivity rate was 3.87 percent. With this, the total positivity rate is at 13.36 percent.
At least 841 Covid-19 patients have recovered during the same period. The total number of recoveries now stands at 5,00,468 and the recovery rate at 91.23 percent.
Among the seven deceased, five were males and the rest female. All of them were aged above 60.
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