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India has administered at least 445 million Covid vaccine doses till now
By 7pm on Tuesday, 445,839,699 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 3,687,239 doses were administered on the day
India had administered at least 445 million Covid vaccine doses by Tuesday, July 27. Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya told BJP MPs that Covid vaccination drive for children could begin in September.
He said the government has sanctioned ₹900 crore to undertake research on the vaccine.
Meanwhile, by 7pm on Tuesday, 445,839,699 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 3,687,239 doses were administered on the day.
In the 18-45 age group, 1,771,541 were given the first dose while 269,421 doses were given as the second dose on the day. Cumulatively, 144,308,571 persons in this age group across the country have received their first dose and 6,872,779 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 10 million vaccine doses in the 18-45 years age group. Also, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 1 million beneficiaries of the age group with the first dose.
India recorded 43,654 new cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the last 24 hours, which pushed the nationwide tally to 31,484,605 while the death toll climbed to 422,022 with 640 daily fatalities, according to Union health ministry update on Wednesday.
