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Deaths significantly less in 3rd wave: Govt
Updated On: 21 January, 2022 07:49 AM IST | New Delhi | Agencies
Union health ministry says 2nd wave was deadlier; 94 per cent beneficiaries given first dose
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A health worker collects a sample from a prisoner, in Patna. Pic/PTI
Deaths are significantly less in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in comparison to the second wave, and the current surge is not witnessing an increase in severe illness or death following high vaccination uptake, the government said on Thursday.
It said that 94 per cent of India’s adults have been administered first dose of Covid vaccine, while 72 per cent are fully vaccinated.
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