The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in India crossed 100 million Sunday - though still covering less than a tenth of the population of 1.3 billion. 

Over 3.5 million vaccination doses were administered in the last 24 hours.

As on Day-85 of the vaccination drive (10th April, 2021), 35,19,987 vaccine doses were given. Out of which, 31,22,109 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 42,553 sessions for 1st dose and 3,97,878 beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.

In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, India continues to remain at the top with an average of 38,34,574 doses administered per day.

India’s daily new cases continue to rise. 152,879 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours.

Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan have shown a rise in the COVID daily new cases. 80.92% of the new cases are reported from these 10 states. Maharashtra has reported the highest daily new cases at 55,411. It is followed by Chhattisgarh with 14,098 while Uttar Pradesh reported 12,748 new cases.

Daily deaths continue to show an upward trend; 839 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, according to health ministry figures.