India administered over 2.2 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, till 7:00 pm, setting a new record on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday. This is reported to be first time that more than two crore jabs have been administered in a single day.
The BJP has sought to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday on Friday historic by administering a record Covid-19 vaccine doses. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said this is the fastest pace at which one crore doses have been administered.
As of Friday morning, India had administered a total of over 77 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines.Earlier, on August 31, India administered over 1.30 crore doses, the highest single-day vaccinations so far. India achieved the one-crore doses milestone for the first time on August 27 this year.
“A gift to the Prime Minister on behalf of the health workers and the countrymen.Today, on the birthday of @NarendraModi, India has crossed the historical figure of 2 crore vaccines in a day, setting a new record. Well done India!” Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted.National Health Authority chief RS Sharma had tweeted,”Celebrating the relentless efforts of India’s vaccinators against COVID-19, we have added a ticker to show vaccinations happening in near real-time. We are currently clocking over 42,000 vaccinations/minute or 700/second.”Reports suggest that India took 85 days to touch the 10-crore vaccination mark, 45 more days to cross the 20-crore mark and 29 more days to reach 30 crore. Further, 24 days to reach 40 crore from 30 crore doses and then 20 more days to cross the 50-crore vaccination mark on August 6. It took 19 more days to go past the 60-crore mark and only 13 days more days to reach 70 crore on September 7.
The vaccinations reported on Friday come against the backdrop of an increase in the supply of vaccine doses to the states.
