India Crosses A New COVID-19 Vaccination Milestone By Inoculating Over 2 Crore People In A Day

New Delhi: To celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday today (September 17), India crossed two crore COVID vaccinations mark in a day for the first time. The government set out with a target of 2.5 crore vaccinations. The cumulative doses administered in the country reached 2,18,87,384 at 6:30 pm, according to data on the Co-WIN portal. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya took to Twitter to announce the vaccine milestone,

#VaccineSeva A gift to the Prime Minister on behalf of the health workers and the countrymen. Prime minister @NarendraModi Today, on the birthday of Ji, India has crossed the historical figure of 2 crore vaccines in a day, setting a new record.

Well done India!

The total number of doses administered in the country has crossed 78.68 crore. The daily vaccinations crossed the one-crore mark for the fourth time in less than a month.

Mr Mandaviya on Thursday, September 16, had called for a major push to the COVID-19 vaccination drive during Prime Minister Modi’s birthday today, saying it would be the perfect gift for him.

The government’s tracker showed around 42,000 vaccinations in a minute today, said a senior health officer.

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, tweeted National Health Authority chief RS Sharma.

The BJP has asked its units across the country to help get a large number of people vaccinated on the occasion. India managed to cross the one crore-mark by 1:30 pm, after which ministers and BJP leaders used social media to urge everyone to go and take their vaccine shots today.

The daily COVID-19 vaccination in the country was over 1 crore on September 6, August 31 and August 27.

Karnataka (23,01,639), Bihar (22,89,178), Uttar Pradesh (20,53,467), Madhya Pradesh (19,99,173) and Gujarat (16,91,346 ) are the top 5 states with most number of vaccination today, respectively.

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