Lok Sabha Question No. 242 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-12
Subject: COVID Vaccination
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj, Ajay (Teni) Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 242 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH MARCH , 2021 COVID VACCINATION

## *242. SHRI G.S. BASAVARAJ: SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) present status of containment and control of COVID - 19 cases including the number of districts where no cases have been reported over a long period of time, -wise;
- (b) statu s of COVID- 19 vaccination, State/UT - wise;
- (c) whether Government proposes to speed up the vaccination process in view o cases and new strain of virus causing COVID - 19,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and action taken in this regard including priva te participation in vaccination drive;
- (d) number of health care workers/frontline workers providing treatment to C - 19 patients, State/ UT - wise;
- (e)  whether  Government  has  achieved  the  target  of  first  dose  of  COV - 19 vaccination to the healthcare/ frontline workers, if so, the details thereof;
- (f) if not, steps taken by Government to speed up vaccination of healthcar workers to enable them to effectively tackle rising cases of COVID - 19 and its new strain?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a)to ( f )A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEME NT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 242* FOR 12 TH MARCH , 2021

(a) As on 8th March 2021, there are a total of 1,12,29,398 confirmed COVI - 19 cases  reported  by  States  and  UTs.  A  total  of  1,57,853  persons  have  died COVID - 19 in the country. A large majority of to al cases (96.91%) have recovered. India's case fatality rate of 1.41% is also lowest among similarly affected countries. As of now, five States (Maharashtra, Kerala, Punjab, Karnataka, and Tamil Na contributing to 83.98% of all active cases in t he country, of these only 2 States (Kera and Maharashtra) are contributing to almost 74.37% of all active cases in th A total of 44 districts have not reported any new case of COVID - 19 for more than 28 days. State/UT wise details of such distri cts is given at Annexure - 1.

(b) As on 09 th March 2021, a total of 2.3 crore doses of COVID - 19 vaccine have been administered to beneficiaries prioritized by National Expert Group on Administration  for  COVID - 19  (NEGVAC).  The  State/UT - wise  number  of  pers ons administered COVID - 19 vaccine is given at Annexure - 2.

(c) Government is increasing the speed of the vaccination drive by increa number of COVID-19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) in Government as well as Priv Health Facilities.

(d) Since  'Health'  is  a  St ate  responsibility,  no  centralized  data  on  number healthcare  workers/frontline  workers  providing  treatment  to  COVID - 19  patients  in each State/UT is being maintained by Ministry of Health & Family Welfare bu database is available with States/UTs.

(e) & (f)  COVID- 19  vaccination  is  entirely  voluntary.  As  on  09 th March  2021, 80.85% of the registered Health Care Workers and 63.40% of the registered Fro Workers  have  received  1 st dose  of  COVID - 19  Vaccine.  Vaccination  drive  of  these beneficiaries is bei ng increased by increasing the number of COVID - 19 Vaccination Centres (CVCs) in Government as well as Private Health Facilities, and und various interventions to build up and sustain vaccine confidence through diss of factual information a b ut the vaccine and the vaccination process.

State/UT wise districts not reported any new case of COVID - 19 for more than 28 days (as on 8 th March 2021)

|   S. No. | State Name        | District Name          |
|----------|-------------------|------------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh | Changlang              |
|        2 | Arunachal Pradesh | Dibang Valley          |
|        3 | Arunachal Pradesh | EastKameng             |
|        4 | Arunachal Pradesh | East Siang             |
|        5 | Arunachal Pradesh | Kurung Kumey           |
|        6 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lohit                  |
|        7 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Dibang Valley    |
|        8 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Subansiri        |
|        9 | Arunachal Pradesh | Tawang                 |
|       10 | Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Siang            |
|       11 | Arunachal Pradesh | Upper Subansiri        |
|       12 | Arunachal Pradesh | Anjaw                  |
|       13 | Arunachal Pradesh | Longding               |
|       14 | Arunachal Pradesh | Kra Daadi              |
|       15 | Arunachal Pradesh | Siang                  |
|       16 | Arunachal Pradesh | Kamle                  |
|       17 | Arunachal Pradesh | Lower Siang            |
|       18 | Arunachal Pradesh | Pakke Kessang          |
|       19 | Arunachal Pradesh | Leparada               |
|       20 | Arunachal Pradesh | Shi Yomi               |
|       21 | Assam             | Bongaigaon             |
|       22 | Assam             | Dhubri                 |
|       23 | Assam             | Hailakandi             |
|       24 | Assam             | Karbi Anglong          |
|       25 | Assam             | Dima Hasao             |
|       26 | Assam             | Chirang                |
|       27 | Assam             | Baksa                  |
|       28 | Assam             | Majuli                 |
|       29 | Assam             | Charaideo              |
|       30 | Assam             | West Karbi Anglong     |
|       31 | Bihar             | Sheikhpura             |
|       32 | Himachal Pradesh  | Lahul and Spiti        |
|       33 | Jammu And Kashmir | Ramban                 |
|       34 | Manipur           | Noney                  |
|       35 | Meghalaya         | East Garo Hills        |
|       36 | Meghalaya         | South Garo Hills       |
|       37 | Meghalaya         | North Garo Hills       |
|       38 | Meghalaya         | South West Khasi Hills |
|       39 | Mizoram           | Kolasib                |
|       40 | Mizoram           | Saiha                  |
|       41 | Mizoram           | Serchhip               |
|       42 | Mizoram           | Hnahthial              |
|       43 | Mizoram           | Khawzawl               |
|       44 | Sikkim            | North District         |

Annexure-II

## State/UT- wise number of persons administered COVID

- 19 vaccine (As on 09 th March 2021)

| S. No   | State/UT                  | HCWs     | HCWs     | FLWs     | FLWs     | 45- 59 yrs with comorbiditi es   | Aged 60 yrs and above   |
|---------|---------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
| S. No   | State/UT                  | 1st dose | 2nd dose | 1st dose | 2nd dose |                                  |                         |
| 1       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 3,772    | 2,998    | 5,896    | 0        | 21                               | 201                     |
| 2       | Andhra Pradesh            | 2,79,665 | 1,66,228 | 3,13,353 | 29,611   | 20,631                           | 72,756                  |
| 3       | Arunachal Pradesh         | 14,866   | 9,726    | 19,170   | 537      | 1,137                            | 3,038                   |
| 4       | Assam                     | 1,68,411 | 58,494   | 1,85,082 | 397      | 3,922                            | 25,393                  |
| 5       | Bihar                     | 4,11,601 | 2,18,005 | 1,89,386 | 4,078    | 34,322                           | 1,86,977                |
| 6       | Chandigarh                | 12,240   | 3,310    | 12,052   | 315      | 788                              | 10,101                  |
| 7       | Chhattisgarh              | 2,47,046 | 1,31,320 | 1,70,374 | 2,502    | 23,469                           | 1,09,027                |
| 8       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli    | 3,722    | 994      | 1,820    | 16       | 405                              | 1,147                   |
| 9       | Daman and Diu             | 1,252    | 814      | 1,865    | 35       | 156                              | 1,772                   |
| 10      | Delhi                     | 1,82,322 | 64,456   | 2,31,528 | 7,995    | 13,773                           | 95,738                  |
| 11      | Goa                       | 13,806   | 6,590    | 8,640    | 49       | 1,929                            | 15,787                  |
| 12      | Gujarat                   | 4,29,991 | 2,54,597 | 4,44,510 | 1,09,354 | 97,537                           | 6,17,159                |
| 13      | Haryana                   | 1,55,929 | 88,892   | 78,512   | 2,917    | 6,291                            | 65,766                  |
| 14      | Himachal Pradesh          | 70,676   | 48,673   | 39,910   | 0        | 1,064                            | 18,921                  |
| 15      | Jammu and Kashmir         | 76,108   | 24,950   | 1,98,904 | 6,256    | 3,568                            | 55,015                  |
| 16      | Jharkhand                 | 1,48,452 | 63,091   | 1,58,523 | 11,587   | 6,151                            | 41,789                  |
| 17      | Karnataka                 | 4,59,388 | 2,50,888 | 1,65,122 | 1,783    | 19,293                           | 1,16,721                |
| 18      | Kerala                    | 3,69,309 | 2,03,150 | 3,30,180 | 458      | 9,080                            | 2,17,514                |
| 19      | Ladakh                    | 3,694    | 2,233    | 8,054    | 3        | 305                              | 5,019                   |
| 20      | Lakshadweep               | 1,057    | 843      | 1,380    | 11       | 26                               | 321                     |
| 21      | Madhya Pradesh            | 3,69,054 | 2,41,475 | 3,09,776 | 6,904    | 26,050                           | 2,23,073                |
| 22      | Maharashtra               | 7,32,667 | 2,72,796 | 4,47,913 | 12,968   | 66,975                           | 4,07,050                |
| 23      | Manipur                   | 30,516   | 5,898    | 39,734   | 350      | 52                               | 279                     |
| 24      | Meghalaya                 | 22,075   | 4,622    | 15,852   | 58       | 1,014                            | 4,067                   |
| 25      | Mizoram                   | 11,684   | 9,274    | 17,228   | 2        | 315                              | 5,587                   |
| 26      | Nagaland                  | 10,757   | 6,162    | 26,309   | 271      | 253                              | 1,717                   |
| 27      | Odisha                    | 3,03,382 | 2,10,542 | 1,72,678 | 21,245   | 9,040                            | 1,91,109                |
| 28      | Puducherry                | 10,986   | 2,389    | 3,224    | 120      | 731                              | 3,168                   |
| 29      | Punjab                    | 99,039   | 48,633   | 88,293   | 3,732    | 7,181                            | 41,226                  |
| 30      | Rajasthan                 | 4,28,711 | 2,95,636 | 4,11,102 | 51,377   | 88,758                           | 10,51,391               |
| 31      | Sikkim                    | 8,750    | 4,890    | 10,906   | 209      | 830                              | 6,906                   |
| 32      | Tamil Nadu                | 3,23,024 | 99,981   | 2,40,192 | 4,600    | 1,05,520                         | 1,84,031                |
| 33      | Telangana                 | 2,02,956 | 1,32,362 | 90,487   | 10,792   | 62,417                           | 57,964                  |

| 35   | Uttar Pradesh   | 7,37,567   | 3,99,828   | 4,58,349   | 16,698   | 46,477   | 2,59,410   |
|------|-----------------|------------|------------|------------|----------|----------|------------|
| 36   | Uttarakhand     | 89,947     | 57,916     | 74,068     | 2,006    | 2,069    | 40,320     |
| 37   | West Bengal     | 5,10,566   | 2,59,075   | 6,90,220   | 10,440   | 35,634   | 2,24,087   |
| 38   | Miscellaneous   | 88,425     | 57,259     | 10,79,342  | 3,315    | 0        | 0          |
|      | India           | 70,75,010  | 37,39,478  | 67,92,319  | 3,25,972 | 7,01,809 | 43,74,145  |