Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tika Utsav is being celebrated from April 11-14 to speed up the ongoing vaccination drive.

In a major milestone, about 30 lakh vaccine doses were administered on Day 1 of 'Tika Utsav', pushing the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country to cross 10.45 crore, informed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday.

As per the health ministry, on Day first of the countrywide Tika Utsav saw 63,800 Covid Vaccination Centres functional, which is a rise of an average of 18,800 operational centeres.

Cumulatively, 10,45,28,565 vaccine doses have been administered through 15,56,361 sessions, as per the provisional report morning hours.. As on Day-86 of the vaccination drive (April 11, 2021), 29,33,418 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 27,01,439 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 38,398 sessions for first dose and 2,31,979 beneficiaries received second dose of vaccine.

In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, India continues to remain at the top with an average of 40,55,055 doses administered per day. The corresponding figure yesterday was 38,34,574. India's daily new cases continue to rise with 1,68,912 new cases in the last 24 hours.

Ten states including Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Rajasthan accounts for 83.02 percent of the new cases. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 63,294 followed by Uttar Pradesh with 15,276 while Delhi reported 10,774 new cases.

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