India Vaccine Updates: More than 50 crore Covid-19 vaccines doses have been administered in the country, the Union health ministry informed on Thursday. according to a provisional report compiled at 7 pm, Thursday it said that number of  50,29,573 vaccine doses were administered on the day.

The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level, the ministry said. The Health ministry said 27,26,494 beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years received the first dose, while 4,81,823 were administered the second dose of the vaccine on Thursday. Cumulatively, 16,92,68,754 people in the 18-44 age group have received the first dose and 1,07,72,537 have been administered the second dose of the vaccine since the start of the third phase of the nationwide inoculation drive, the ministry said. Five states viz  Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, have administered more than one crore vaccine doses each to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group.

Also, the first dose of the vaccine has been administered to more than 10 lakh beneficiaries in the said age group each in Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.

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