India administers over 193 crore Covid vaccine doses so far: Govt

May 27, 2022 22:55

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The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 193.11 crore on Friday, the Union health ministry said.

More than 12 lakh vaccine doses were administered till 7 pm, it said.

The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of final reports for the day by late night. \

A total of 59,794 precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine were administered to those aged 18-59 years till 7 pm on Friday, taking the total number of precaution doses given in this age-group to 20,80,089 so far, according to the health ministry data.

Till 7 pm, 3.36 crore children in the age group of 12-14 years and 5.93 crore adolescents in the age group of 15-18 have been administered the first dose, it showed.

The countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year with healthcare workers getting inoculated in the first phase.

Vaccination of frontline workers started from February 2 last year. -- PTI

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