India has administered at least 588 million Covid vaccine doses till now

By 8pm on Monday, 588,221,623 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 5,610,116 doses were administered on the day. Of this, 3,962,091 got their first dose while 1,648,025 got their second dose

India had administered at least 588 million Covid vaccine doses by Monday, August 23. With ZydusCadila’s vaccine, ZyCoV-D getting emergency use approval last week for children aged above 12, the Centre said on Monday that kids with comorbidities will be vaccinated first

Beneficiaries get inoculated against Covid-19 at NMMC's drive-in vaccination centre at Inorbit Mall basement parking in Vashi, Navi Mumbai on Monday, August 23. (Bachchan Kumar/ HT photo)

Meanwhile, by 8pm on Monday, 588,221,623 vaccine doses were given across the states and UTs. As many as 5,610,116 doses were administered on the day. Of this, 3,962,091 got their first dose while 1,648,025 got their second dose.

In the 18-45 age group, 219,881,683 have been given the first dose while 20,268,984 doses were given as the second dose.

Among the healthcare workers, 10,353,668 have been given the first dose while 8,231,444 have got their second dose as well. Among the frontline workers, 18,306,660 have got their first dose and 12,635,749 have got their second dose too.

The total tally of Covid cases has risen to 32,474,773. The death toll has climbed to 435,110 with 354 fresh fatalities to the virus, according to the data updated at 8am on Tuesday.