India had achieved the one-crore doses milestone for the first time on August 27 this year
All IndiaEdited by Chandrajit MitraUpdated: August 31, 2021 11:25 pm IST
New Delhi:
India achieved a new vaccination milestone today with the administering of 1.30 crore doses in the day[31stAug’21]. In total, over 65 crore doses have been administered so far in the country.
Today’s figures on the Co-WIN website showed 1,30,82,765 doses have been administered so far in the day.
India had achieved the one-crore doses milestone for the first time on August 27 this year.
A total of over 65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far across the country, the health ministry said Tuesday.
Of the total 65,18,58,322 doses administered so far, 50,25,16,979 were first doses while 14,93,41,343 were second doses.
In the 60+ age group, 13.36 crore people have been vaccinated while 19.80 crore have been vaccinated in the 45-60 age group. In the 18-44 age group, 31.67 crore have been vaccinated so far.