New Delhi:  India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed 97.23 crores, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. This comes after the administration of 8,36,118 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours.

As per provisional reports, According to the health ministry,  till 7 am today, 97,23,77,045 doses have been performed in the country so far through 96,05,482 sessions. Of the total, 1,03,75,703 health care workers received the first dose and 90,68,232 second vaccine doses; 1,83,61,275 front line workers were done the first dose and 1,54,90,253 were given the second dose of the vaccine. The ministry noted  39,14,51,891 people in the age group 18-44 years were administered the first dose while 10,85,40,506 were given the second dose.

Also, in the age group of 45-59 years, 16,73,04,569 individuals have obtained the first dose and 8,53,97,182 have received the second dose whereas for the people over 60 years, 10,55,20,693 were administered with the first dose and 6,08,66,741 were given the second dose. Meanwhile, 15,981 new COVID cases were reported in the last 24 hours. The daily new cases were reported to be less than 20,000 for the past eight days now.

Covid-19 Updates: Kerala State now logs 8,867 cases, 67 deaths

COVID-19: 9 deaths, experts warn against overconfidence and non-compliance with safety rules

India's economy recovered quickly after tough phase of COVID pandemic: Modi