New Delhi: More than one dose of crore from Jab Anti-Covid is managed on Monday – third time in the last 11 days – with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Accounting for most of the doses given during the day.
More than 1.08 crore doses were given throughout the country until 9pm on Monday, where around 29% were given above and almost 15% were given at Bihar.
It assumes the significance as two countries – with a significant proportion of populations above 60 pluses – lagging in vaccination coverage, especially those related to the second dose.
Overall, the total number of inoculation touched nearly 70 crores on Monday with around 56.8% of the total 94 adult crore populations that received at least one dose of anti-covid vaccine, while more than 17% was inoculated with both doses.
India reached a record high of 1.41 crore doses on one day on August 31.
It has crossed a milestone of more than 1 dose of Crore for the first time on August 27.
With the increase in vaccination supply and the center pushing status to increase vaccination, the average number of daily inoculation with anti-covid jab has increased further this month.
In September, so far, an average of 70.88 lakh doses per day were given, up from 59.29 doses of lakh daily in August and 43.41 lakh a day in July respectively.
The government aims to include the majority of adult populations with at least one dose in October, while it expects to supply around 185 crore doses in December.
In August, a total of 18.38 crores doses were given, up from 13.45 crores in July.
While supplies are expected to increase further, the government estimates around 20-22 doses of crores in September and 25-30 other crores in October.
The last two months of this year are expected to receive 35 doses of each crore.