Coronavirus vaccination in India: The nation witnessed the administration of a whopping 1.25 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses on August 31, i.e. Tuesday, which is the highest single-day tally in the nation for this vaccination drive that started mid-January. This led to India recording the administration of a total of 18.12 crore vaccine doses in August, an raise of close to 5 crore doses as compared to July’s 13.45 crore doses, according to a report in IE. As per the information of the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the nation has cumulatively administered more than 65 crore doses of the coronavirus vaccines.
In truth, on Tuesday, India also crossed an essential milestone of collectively administering more than 50 crore very first doses.
However, that is not exactly where items finish. The vaccination drive appears to be in complete swing, as August witnessed the typical day-to-day administration of 58.46 lakh doses, which marked the very first month considering that January that the day-to-day typical crossed the 50-lakh mark. Notably, back in April, the day-to-day typical doses administered was 29.96 crore, which dropped down in May to 19.69 lakh. This was due to production concerns that brought on a subsequent shortage of vaccine provide to states. With June and July came a ramped up production work on the component of makers, as a outcome of which June saw an typical of 39.89 lakh doses becoming administered though this figure went up to 43.41 lakh shorts in July.
Apart from this, in August, it was Uttar Pradesh exactly where the maximum quantity of coronavirus vaccine doses had been administered – 2.46 crore. Moreover, apart from UP, there had been seven other states across the nation which recorded the administration of more than 1 crore doses for the duration of the month – Maharashtra with 1.43 crore doses, MP with 1.42 crore doses, Bihar with 1.30 crore doses, Gujarat with 1.26 crore doses, Rajasthan with 1.19 crore doses, Karnataka with 1.17 crore doses, and lastly, West Bengal with 1.12 crore doses.