COVID-19: Maharashtra vaccination tally crosses 2.46 crore on June 8

COVID-19: Maharashtra vaccination tally crosses 2.46 crore on June 8

Sanjay JogUpdated: Wednesday, June 09, 2021, 01:45 PM IST
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In the ongoing vaccination drive, Maharashtra on June 8 has vaccinated 2,67,404 people through 2849 centres.

According to data released by the government, Maharashtra, as of 7 am on June 9, inoculated 2,46,81,465 people.

As per the state government data, 19,91,179 individuals aged between 18 and 44 years received the vaccine doses in the state till Wednesday since the inoculation drive for this age group began on May 1.

So far, 12,09,628 health care workers have been administered the first dose of the vaccine, while 7,59,550 of them have got their second dose.

Similarly, 18,96,594 frontline workers in the state have till now received their first vaccine dose and of them, 8,03,786 got their second dose.

Maharashtra on Tuesday recorded 10,891 fresh coronavirus cases and 295 deaths and added 407 previously unreported fatalities, while 16,577 patients recovered from the infection, the state health department said.

With the new additions in infections and fatalities, Maharashtra's caseload rose to 58,52,891, while the death toll increased to 1,01,172, it said.

A total of 16,577 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, raising the count of recoveries to 55,80,925 and leaving the state with 1,67,927 active cases, the department said in a release.

Maharashtra's case recovery rate now stands at 95.35 per cent, while the fatality rate is 1.73 per cent. With 2,11,042 new tests, the number of samples tested so far in Maharashtra went up to 3,69,07,181, the department said.

(With inputs from Agencies)

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