Covid-19 | 59.1 lakh vaccine doses given till 9 p.m. on Thursday
The Hindu
Thursday marks the fourth consecutive day when the number of shots exceeds 50 lakh
India administered 59.1 lakh (5.91 million) doses of COVID-19 vaccines until 9 p.m. on Thursday. Uttar Pradesh recorded the highest number of vaccinations (8.2 lakh) followed by Madhya Pradesh (7.3 lakh) and Gujarat (4.3 lakh). Between June 1 and 23, 37.2 lakh doses were administered daily in India on average. At the current rate, a total of 100.3 crore doses can be administered by December 31, 2021, which is around 87.7 crore doses less than those required to fully vaccinate all adults (188 crore doses). To fully inoculate all adults by the end of this year, 82.2 lakh doses need to be given daily on average in the country. The seven-day rolling average of daily vaccinations in the country continues to increase. It stood at 51.6 lakh on June 23, which is more than the 32.6 lakh recorded a week before (June 16). It was also significantly higher than the average daily doses recorded a month before (May 23) which was 18.8 lakh.More Related News