50 lakh registrations on CoWIN for 2nd phase of COVID-19 vaccination: Health Ministry

Centre's CoWin portal has already seen over 50 lakh registrations as Centre kick-starts its second phase of COVID-19 vaccination drive, revealed  Union Health Ministry on Tuesday. 

While addressing a regular press brief, Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan anunced that more than 1.48 crores doses of COVID-19 vaccine had been administered till 1 pm today. Out of this, 2.08 lakh doses had been given to people who are 45 years to 59 years of with comorbidities and people above 60 years of . 

Registration as easy as train reservation: Health Ministry

Detailing process of registering yourself for vaccination drive, RS Sharma, Chairman of Empowered Group said, "You can register for vaccination using Aarogya Setu app. After registration, you can schedule appointment. After that, you will find a vacancy available for a family of 4 people at a time or for ar day reservation it's just like a train reservation, an easy process."

"You can also change and reschedule your reservation for vaccination according to your plans. If you are t in city and at some or place you want to vaccinate, can go register re also," he added.

documents that are needed for Coronavirus vaccination registration are-- Aadhar card, passport, a document with your -proof and a medical certificate if you are suffering from any or illness, he added. Once again reiterating that re was CoWIN App, Health Ministry asked everyone to register via CoWIN portal or  Aarogya Setu app. "We are taking care to ensure that re is a safe and secure way to process your data," he said.

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Coronavirus case upadate

Giving daily state-wise update, Health Ministry shared that Maharashtra and Kerela toger contributed 75% of Coronavirus cases across country. It added that despite heavy contribution by two states to nation's caseload, active cases continued to decline. 

"re are very few Corona cases remaining in India Testing has been done for more than 10 million people. We are increasing testing day by day. Our India is among lowest in death rate, while rest of countries have a high death rate," said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan. 

"Maharashtra and Kerela toger contribute 75% cases across country. Although certain states in country have seen a surge in number of active cases, fact remains that recovered cases are more than 97% and active cases are still less than 2%" he added. 

Sharing growth trajectory of COVID-19 cases across states, Health Ministry revealed that cases began to surge in Maharashtra in February, following which state has continued seeing an urd rise in trend. "In Tamil Nadu, cases increased in February, cases increased in Haryana as well but reduced in March. Cases continue to reduce in Gujarat while new cases have increased in Madhya Pradesh," he revealed. 

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