India administers record over 2 crore doses of Covid vaccine in a single-day
Friday, 17 September 2021 (15:59 IST)
New Delhi: India achieved a mammoth milestone of record 2 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine administered in a single-day till 5:08 pm on Friday, just two hours after breaking its previous record single-day vaccination, according to the government data.
The country had administered 1.38 crore COVID-19 jabs till 2:59 pm, shattering its previous record of 1.33 crore vaccinations in a day that it achieved on August 31.
This is the first time that the country has crosses the magic figure of 2 crore vaccination happened in a day.
Also, this is the fourth time that India have crossed the 1 crore vaccination in a single day. The rare feat of over 1 crore jabs was earlier achieved on September 6, August 31 and August 27 as well.
The country had administered 1.13 crore vaccines doses on September 6 and 1.03 crore on August 27.
The sources at Union Health Ministry told UNI that the Centre expects to close the day with 2.5 crore doses administered.
Dr RS Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority informed that the pace of vaccination today is 42,000 jabs per minute. "We are currently clocking over 42,000 vaccinations/minute or 700/second," he said.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has sought to make Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 71'st birthday on Friday historic by administering a record Covid-19 vaccine doses.
As of Friday morning , India had administered more than 77 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines. (UNI)
