The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 14.19 Cr today as part of the world’s largest vaccination drive, which completed 100 days yesterday.
India’s COVID-19 vaccine drive has begun on 16 January 2021. Manish Kumar, a 34-year-old health worker from AIIMS, New Delhi was the first person to get the first vaccine in the country. While his colleagues were scared to take the first jab, Manish volunteered to get vaccinated first in India. ” I want to prove that there is nothing to be scared of,” Manish told the media after taking the injection.
Cumulatively, 14,19,11,223 vaccine doses have been administered through 20,44,954 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today.
These include 92,98,092 HCWs who have taken the 1st dose and 60,08,236 HCWs who have taken the 2nd dose, 1,19,87,192 FLWs (1stdose), 63,10,273 FLWs (2nddose), 4,98,72,209 1st dose beneficiaries and 79,23,295 2nd dose beneficiaries more than 60 years old and 4,81,08,293 (1st dose) and 24,03,633 (2nd dose) beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 years. (source: PIB)