India Breaks Single-Day COVID-19 Vaccination Record, Crosses 2Cr On PM’s Birthday

TPI Staff September 17, 2021

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1.6L Vaccinated With No Case Of Post-Vaccination Hospitalisation On Day 1: Govt — Photo Credit: GettyImage

Mumbai: India has broken the previous single-day COVID-19 vaccination record of 1.33 crore doses by administering over 2 crore doses in around 10 hours on PM Narendra Modi’s birthday on Friday, according to CoWIN.

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As of 5:20 pm, a total of 2,02,75,169 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country so far today.

According to reports, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming to set a record for giving the maximum number of COVID-19 vaccine doses in a day to mark the PM’s birthday on Friday.

“I believe that today we’ll make a new record of vaccination and give it as a gift to the PM,” Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said earlier.

India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has surpassed the 77 crore mark as of Thursday.

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