The record vaccination has heightened the hopes as India expects to vaccinate entire population by December.
New Delhi | On Day 1 of the free vaccination drive for all adults, more than 85 lakh people were vaccinated in India. This number is expected to increase further after the complete data comes from the states. According to the data given on cowin.gov.in, 85.15 lakh people have been vaccinated on Monday. This number has broken previous record high of more than 43 lakh people who were vaccinated on April 5. On June 7, PM Modi had announced free vaccination drive for all above 18 years of age from June 21.
The record vaccination has heightened the hopes as India expects to vaccinate entire population by December.
Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
Well done India!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2021
Reacting to the development Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed happiness on Twitter. He said that vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight Coronavirus. He congratulated all the beneficiaries and frontline workers. “Well done India,” he wrote.
Highest Vaccination In Madhya Pradesh
According to cowin.gov.in, Madhya Pradesh recorded the highest number of vaccinations on Monday. Here 16.70 lakh people were vaccinated. This is the record for the highest number of vaccinations in a single day in any state. Apart from this, 11.11 lakh people got the vaccine in Karnataka and 7.16 lakh in UP. In Delhi, this number was just 76,282.
#COVID19 के विरुद्ध युद्ध में कल 15 लाख नागरिकों का #MPVaccinationMahaAbhiyan में टीकाकरण कर मध्यप्रदेश ने एक नया इतिहास रच दिया है।
इस गौरवपूर्ण उपलब्धि और अभूतपूर्व सफलता में सबके साथ हमारे मीडिया के बंधुओं का बहुत बड़ा योगदान है। #MPFightsCorona #IndiaFightsCorona
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) June 22, 2021
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that Madhya Pradesh alone has given more than 20% of the vaccinations done in the country today. “If complete vaccination is done then we can open colleges and coaching institutes. We will run a grand campaign again from 1st to 3rd July,” he said.
Congratulations !!
86.16 lakh #COVID19Vaccine doses administered on Jun 21!
Highest ever single day coverage across the !Under the remarkable leadership of Hon'ble PM Sh @narendramodi Ji, the 'Whole of Govt' & 'Whole of Society' is collectively working to defeat #COVID19 https://t.co/ak1SH9UywY
— Dr Harsh Vardhan (@drharshvardhan) June 22, 2021
India Leaves The US Behind In Highest Single Day Vaccination
In this respect, India has outperformed America. So far in the US, 40 lakh people have been vaccinated in a day on April 4. A total of 6.87 lakh doses have been administered in Australia so far. About one and a half times of this were administered in India in a day.
The Health Ministry has said that so far 28.33 crore people in the country have been given the coronavirus vaccine. Of these, more than 23.27 crores have got the first dose and 5.05 crores have got the second dose.
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