India achieved the landmark after the beginning of Covid-19 vaccination drive on January 16. According to a rough evaluation, all eligible Indians can expect to be fully inoculated in over three years as per the current pace.
While India takes 85 days to administer 10 crore Covid vaccine doses, cumulatively, 10,15,95,147 vaccine doses have been administered through 15,17,963 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Sunday, the Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.
A total of 90,04,063 HCWs and 99,53,615 FLWs have taken the first dose and 55,08,289 HCWs and 47,59,209 Front Line Workers the second. The calculation shows that 1,156 days may be needed to inoculate each eligible Indian. However, it is not sure whether all these will be fully inoculated in this period as only 1,27,09,186 people, including Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers, have so far been fully inoculated during these 85 days.
Those over 60 years of age who received the first dose total 3,96,51,630 while 18,00,206 of them have received the second dose so far. A total of 3,02,76,653 people aged between 45-60 years have received first dose and 6,41,482 have received the second dose.
The Health Ministry said India is the fastest in the world to administer 100 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine, achieving the feat in 85 days whereas the US took 89 days and China 102 days.
On Day 85 of the vaccination drive (April 10), 35,19,987 vaccine doses were given. Out of this, 31,22,109 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 42,553 sessions with the first dose and 3,97,878 beneficiaries received the second dose.
In terms of the number of daily doses administered globally, the Ministry said India continues to remain at the top with an average of 38,34,574 doses administered per day followed by the US with 31,11,327, Brazil 7,81,886, the UK 3,38,624, France 2,96,456, Italy 2,59,097, Germany 2,58,989, and Turkey 2,58, 989.
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