On Tuesday (31 August), 1.3 crore Covid vaccine doses were administered across the country something everyone across the world thought was impossible.

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that by end of August 60 crore (600 Million) people will be inoculated with the Covid vaccine, the world ridiculed India but the fact remains that a country from the global south has achieved this milestone.

August 31, 2021, is the highest single-day inoculation achieved by India since it began the vaccination drive on 16 January, and data from the CoWin portal states over 1.32 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered across the country on Tuesday, nearly 24 lakh more than the previous record of 1.08 crore doses in a single-day.

On 27 August, India had administered over 1 crore (1,08,83,963) vaccine doses for the first time, and as of 8 am on Wednesday (1 September). India’s Covid vaccination coverage has now crossed 65.32 crore (65,32,98,) doses, according to the CoWin data and increasing.

So far, over 50 crore (50,37,33,179) first doses have been administered across the country while 14.95 crore (14,95,65,467) shots have been administered as the second dose.

When it comes to the crucial age group of 18-44, over 31.76 crore vaccine doses have been administered while 19.83 crore jabs have been given to those in the 45-60 age group.

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In a milestone, India has now vaccinated over 50 crores of its citizens against the Wuhan virus on the 203rd day of the vaccination drive, an official release said on Friday (6 August).

What this number means is that India has vaccinated more than the combined population of the European Union.

As per Co-Win data, more than 47.89 lakh (47,89,877) vaccine doses were administered on Friday and as many as 50,01,02,294 doses have been administered since the vaccination drive began on 16 January this year, the data showed.

Further, according to the release by the Health Ministry, 22,93,781 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose and 4,32,281 vaccine doses were given as the second dose between the age group 18-44 years on Friday.

Cumulatively, 17,23,20,394 persons in the age group 18-44 years across 37 States/UTs have received their first dose and a total 1,12,56,317 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.

Five states namely Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 1 crore cumulative doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the age group 18-44 years.

Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of COVID vaccine, the ministry said.

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