India achieves another milestone by administering more than 16 crore 4 lakh doses of covid vaccine

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 05, May 2021

India has scaled another peak in its effort to contain the COVID-19 virus with the administration of more than 16 Crore four lakh vaccine doses so far to its citizens. Union Health Ministry said, the country also administered more than 13 Crore doses as the first dose and more than three crore vaccine doses have been administered as the second dose.
 
The Ministry said, more than two lakh 29 thousand beneficiaries of the age group 18 to 44 years received their first dose of COVID vaccine yesterday. The cumulative vaccination coverage for this age group is over six lakh 62 thousand across 12 States and Union Territories. The Ministry said that more than five crore 29 lakh beneficiaries in the age group of over 60 years has received the first dose and over one crore 23 lakh received the 2nd dose. The country has administered nearly 11 lakh 50 thousand vaccine doses till 8 pm yesterday. More than six lakh 15 thousand beneficiaries were vaccinated for 1st dose and over five lakh 33 thousand beneficiaries received 2nd dose of vaccine.

Sources : News on AIR