The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in India has reached 55 crore-mark on Monday, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

Taking to a Twitter handling Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said, ''In record-breaking progress, India administers 55 crore #COVID19 vaccines. Let's strengthen India's fight against Coronavirus. Let's get vaccinated!  India took 85 days to touch the figure of 10 crores. It subsequently took 45 days to cross the 20 crore milestone, 29 days more to reach 30 crores. India took 24 days to reach 40 crore from 30 crore and then 20 more days to cross 50 crore vaccinations on August 6. It surpassed the 54 crore-mark on August 14. The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 with healthcare workers getting inoculated and vaccination of frontline workers (FLWs) starting from February 2.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from March 1 for senior citizns and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions. India launched the vaccination drive for all people aged more than 45 from April 1. The government then determined to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 eligible to be vaccinated from May 1.

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