New Delhi: India has surpassed the US in the total number of Covid-19 vaccines given so far with more than 32.8 doses of crores until Monday while the US has recorded 32.3 doses of crores.
India started the vaccination drive on January 16, more than a month after the US did it on December 14, 2020.
More than 48 doses of lakh were given on Monday to 7pm.
Reacting to the data distributed by the Ministry of Health, PM Narendra Modi Bring to Twitter to say, “Drive Vaccination India continues to get momentum.
Congratulations to all those who drive this effort.
Our commitment remains a vaccine for all, free for all.” Citing vaccination data For India and other countries until 19:00 on Monday, the center said India had given 32.8 doses of Crore followed by the US at 32.3 Crore, Brazil at 9.7 Crore, 7.7 Crore at 7.7 Crore.
While coverage in terms of a low population percentage for India, given the size of the population, with only 4% which is fully vaccinated, the number is better in absolute terms.
India has 5.5 crore people are fully vaccinated behind the US 15.3 Crore.
In third place is English with 3.2 crore.
In terms of vaccines given per 100 people, India was 23.1, with the US at 96.7.
However, at daily doses given per 100 people, India was at 0.45 to UK 0.52 and US 0.23 on June 27.
China and Germany each at 1.55 and 0.93, according to the OurworldIndata website.
Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that from 32.36 crore doses were given until Monday 8 in the morning, one health care worker Crore took the first dose and 72 lakh got their second shot.