World's biggest vaccination drive began in India on January 16, which was inaugurated virtually by our Honourable Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As on January 20, a total of 7,86,842 people have been vaccinated for COVID-19. Vaccination drive was spread across 14,119 sessions throughout the country.
Today, up to 6:00 pm, spread over 20 states and Union Territories, 1,12,007 people have been vaccinated.
Check out the table below to find out how many people were vaccinated throughout the country today.
Till date, six states have reported people being hospitalised due to the vaccination which are as follows -
In Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, all the hospitalised patients have been discharged. Whereas 3 people are discharged and 1 is under observation in Delhi at Rajiv Gandhi Hospital, Shahdra.
In Karnataka, out of the 2 patients, 1 has been discharged and 1 is under observation at District Hospital, Chitradurga.
In West Bengal, the patient is under observation at Sub-Divisional Hospital, Murshidabad.
Four deaths have been also reported after taking the first shot of vaccination, one in Uttar Pradesh, two in Karnataka and one in Telangana. The post-mortem reports have confirmed that none of the deaths occurred due to the vaccination. Whereas, a post-mortem is still going on in Telangana.