Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-17
Subject: COVID-19 Cases among Healthcare Workers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.295 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## COVID-19 CASES AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS

## *295. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  estimated  number  of  healthcare  workers,  including  doctors,  nurses  and  lab technicians in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the number and details of healthcare workers who  contracted COVID-19 between March, 2021 and June, 2021?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) & (b) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 295* FOR 17 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

(a) & (b) As on 14th December 2021, a total of 1,04,09,651 Health Care Workers including doctors, nurses and lab technicians are registered on Co-WIN portal. The State/UT-wise details are at Annexure-1.

Data  on  Healthcare  Workers  who  contracted  COVID-19  is  expected  to  be maintained by respective States/UTs and are not maintained Centrally. Government of India has given first priority to Health Care Workers for COVID-19 vaccination so  that  they  are  conferred  full  protection  provided  by  vaccine  against  COVID-19. The Covid vaccination in India started on 16 th January 2021 and the first group taken up for this vaccination is the Healthcare Workers.

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## State/UT-wise number of Health Care Workers registered on Co-WIN Portal

(As on 14 th December 2021)

| S. No.   | State/UT                    | No. of Registered Health Care Workers   | No. of Registered Health Care Workers   |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                                         | 5,505                                   |
|          | Andhra Pradesh              | 2                                       | 4,89,693                                |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh           |                                         | 23,760                                  |
| 4        | Assam                       |                                         | 2,18,481                                |
| 5        | Bihar                       |                                         | 5,29,808                                |
|          | Chandigarh                  | 6                                       | 26,526                                  |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                |                                         | 3,15,494                                |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli      |                                         | 5,008                                   |
| 9        | Daman and Diu               |                                         | 2,209                                   |
| 10       | Delhi                       |                                         | 2,66,195                                |
| 11       | Goa                         |                                         | 25,507                                  |
| 12       | Gujarat                     |                                         | 6,30,917                                |
| 13       | Haryana                     |                                         | 2,56,040                                |
| 14       | Himachal Pradesh            |                                         | 94,399                                  |
| 15       | Jammu and Kashmir           |                                         | 1,06,275                                |
| 16       | Jharkhand                   |                                         | 2,10,581                                |
| 17       | Karnataka                   |                                         | 7,86,705                                |
| 18       | Kerala                      |                                         | 5,50,386                                |
| 19       | Ladakh                      |                                         | 5,627                                   |
| 20       | Lakshadweep                 |                                         | 1,297                                   |
| 21       | Madhya Pradesh              |                                         | 4,98,899                                |
| 22       | Maharashtra                 |                                         | 13,17,594                               |
| 23       | Manipur                     |                                         | 41,172                                  |
| 24       | Meghalaya                   |                                         | 32,328                                  |
| 25       | Mizoram                     |                                         | 18,470                                  |
| 26       | Nagaland                    |                                         | 16,580                                  |
| 27       | Odisha                      |                                         | 3,56,620                                |
| 28       | Puducherry                  |                                         | 38,840                                  |
| 29       | Punjab                      |                                         | 2,23,068                                |
| 30       | Rajasthan                   |                                         | 5,62,650                                |
|          | Sikkim                      | 31                                      | 11,905                                  |
| 32       | Tamil Nadu                  |                                         | 6,05,455                                |
| 33       | Telangana                   |                                         | 3,17,314                                |
| 34       | Tripura                     |                                         | 54,106                                  |
| 35       | Uttar Pradesh               |                                         | 9,83,733                                |
| 36       | Uttarakhand                 |                                         | 1,21,362                                |
| 37       | West Bengal                 |                                         | 6,59,142                                |
| 38       | Total                       |                                         | 1,04,09,651                             |