New Delhi Apr 26 PTI Over 86 per cent of Indias adult population is now fully vaccinated against the coronavirus infection Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said as the number of cumulative vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 188 crore on TuesdayMore than19 lakh 1967717vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on TuesdayThe daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late nightOver46044precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered in those aged 18-59 years till 7 pm on Tuesday taking the total number of precaution doses given in this age-group to515290so far according to the health ministry dataOver 86 per cent of the adult population is now fully vaccinated Mandaviya said in a tweetIndia had on April 10 began administering precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccinesto all aged above 18 years at private vaccination centresAll those above the age of 18 who have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose are eligible for the precaution doseThe countrywidevaccinationdrive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phaseVaccinationof frontline workers started from February 2 last yearThe next phase of COVID-19vaccinationcommenced on March 1 last year for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified comorbid conditions India launchedvaccinationfor all people aged more than 45 years from April 1 last year The government then decided to expand itsvaccinationdrive by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to be inoculated against the viral disease from May 1 last yearThe next phase ofvaccinationcommenced from January 3 for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 yearsIndia began administering precaution doses ofvaccinesto healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from January 10The country began inoculating children aged12-14from March 16 and also removed the comorbidityclausemakingall people aged above 60eligiblefor the precaution dosePTI PLB SRY

New Delhi Aug 24 PTI The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 5947 crore so far the Union health ministry said on TuesdayMore than 54 lakh vaccine doses have been administered on Tuesday according to the 7 pm provisional report Final reports would be completed for the day by late Tuesday night the ministry saidCumulatively223359860individuals in the age group of 18-44 years across states and union territories have received their first dose and 21137082 have received their second dose since the start of the third phase of the vaccination drive according to health ministry dataAs on day-221 of the vaccination drive 3829038 were vaccinated for first dose and 1638513 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine as per the provisional report till 7 pm according to health ministry dataThe countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January16 with healthcare workers HCWs getting inoculated and vaccination of frontline workers FLWs started fromFebruary2The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for those over60yearsof age and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions India launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 from April 1 The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above18 eligible to be vaccinated from May 1 PTI PLB KJ