<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, around 12 lakh people were vaccinated during the Tika Utsav. Number of additional vaccination centres in the state was also increased and people were also motivated to get vaccinated. Along with the country, Tika Utsav was celebrated in the state from the birth anniversary of Mahatma Jyotiba Phule on April 11 to till the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar.&nbsp;</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports that Additional Director Vaccination drive Santosh Shukla informed that so far more than 66 lakh 31 thousand citizens have been vaccinated in the state. There are about 8 lakh 13 thousand health and front line workers among them. On the other hand, in view of the increasing Corona infection in the state, the School Education Department has postponed the board examinations of the 10th and 12th classes of the state board for one month.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, as many as 9 thousand 720 people were found to be infected with COVID-19 in the state in the past 24 hours taking the total caseload to more than 3 lakh 63 thousand. Madhya Pradesh also recorded 51 fatalities pushing the death toll to 4 thousand 312. Currently, the number of active cases stands at 49 thousand 551. A Maximum 1 thousand 611 people have been infected in Indore, while 1 thousand 497 in Bhopal, 700 in Gwalior and 602 new infections have been reported in Jabalpur.&nbsp;</span><br />'' &nbsp;<br />
News On AIR | April 15, 2021 8:26 AM
Nearly 12 lakh people vaccinated during Tika Utsav in MP