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New Delhi : The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination programme was conducted successfully on the twelfth day. Planned sessions were conducted in 28 States/UTs.
The cumulative number of healthcare workers vaccinated against COVID19 crossed 23 lakh on January 27, 2021. A total of 23,28,779 beneficiaries (till 6 pm on January 27) have been vaccinated through 41,599 sessions, as per the provisional report. A total of 2,99,299 beneficiaries were vaccinated on January 27 through 5,308 sessions held till 6 pm, according to a PIB release.
79% of beneficiaries vaccinated on January 27, 2021, were from 5 States of Karnataka, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan.
123 Adverse Event Following Immunisation (AEFIs) were reported till 6 pm on the twelfth day of the vaccination drive. Total 16 persons have been hospitalised so far. In the last 24 hours, one person who is suffering from bacterial sepsis, has been hospitalized at Apollo Hospital, Chennai. He was vaccinated on January 23, 2021, and was hospitalized on January 24.
Total 9 deaths have been reported so far. None of these deaths have been causally linked with COVID-19 vaccination. In the last 24 hours, one person aged 23 years, a resident of Odisha, has died. The post-mortem report is awaited. No case of serious/severe AEFI/Death attributable to vaccination till date.