India administers over 1 crore vaccine jabs in one-day

New Delhi, Aug 31: In yet another milestone, India administered over one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on Tuesday, the second time within a week.

According to the CoWin portal, 1,08,84,899 doses of Covid-19 vaccination were administered by 6 pm on Tuesday, taking the tally of total vaccinations to 65,03,29,061.

Union Health Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya lauded the entire country for the achievement of more than 1 crore doses for the second day within a span of five days.

He also applauded the hard work of COVID warriors and diligence of citizens in helping achieve this momentous feat of more than 50 crore cumulative administrations of the 1st dose of the vaccine.

India took 85 days to touch the figure of 10 crore. It then took 45 days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore. The country took 24 days to reach 40 crore and then 20 more days to cross 50 crore vaccinations on August 6. It took 19 more days to go past the 60-crore mark on August 25.

The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers (HCWs) getting inoculated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) started from February 2.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.

The country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1.

The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1.