India’s cumulative COVID-19 vaccination drive surpassed the 200-crore milestone on Sunday and as per provisional reports till 1 p.m., a total of 2,00,00,15,631 doses have been administered across the country. This was achieved through 2,63,26,111 sessions, said the Health Ministry.
It took the country almost nine months to reach the 100-crore mark and another nine months to touch the 200-crore vaccination mark since the start of the drive on January 16, 2021, with the highest single-day vaccination record of 2.5 crore doses achieved on September 17, 2021.
Calling India’s vaccination drive “unparalleled in scale and speed,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his tweet, congratulated the countrymen on bringing about this significant feat.
