The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday announced that India's cumulative COVID vaccination coverage has surpassed 70.75 crores till date.

On this matter, the Healthy Ministry release reads as under: "With the administration of 78,47,625 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, country's COVID-19 vaccination coverage surpassed the cumulative figure of 70.75 crores (70,75,43,018) as per provisional reports till 7 am today. This has been achieved through 72, 81,305 sessions."

India started its nationwide vaccination drive on January 16 this year. The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. To ramp up the vaccination drive, the new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21, 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through the availability of more vaccines, advanced visibility of vaccine availability to states and UTs for enabling better planning by them and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.

Sustained and collaborative efforts by the Centre and the states/UTs continue the trend as less than 50,000 daily new cases are being reported for 73 consecutive days now. 37,875 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the ministry said.

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