Photos: India administers 100mn vaccine doses; Maharashtra leads with 10mn doses

On April 10, India became the third country in the world to administer 100 million doses of vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). India reached the milestone in 85 days and is the fastest to do so ahead of the United States (89 days) and China (103 days). Meanwhile, Maharashtra became the first state in India to administer more than 10 million coronavirus vaccine doses. This comes as the state is in the middle in a row with the Centre over claims of a vaccine shortage. India’s current Covid-19 tally stands at 12,01,009 active cases with 1,70,179 deaths and 1,21,56,529 recoveries.

Published on: Apr 12, 2021 3:45 PM IST

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A man receives a Covid-19 vaccine at Polyclinic vaccination centre in Sector-31 near Huda market in Gurugram on April 11. India on April 10 became the third country in the world after the United States and China to have administered 100 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine. (Parveen Kumar / HT Photo)

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A security personnel gets photographed after being vaccinated against Covid-19, at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi on April 10. According to data by Our World in Data, India is the fastest to 100 million vaccinations. It took the country 85 days to reach the milestone. The US took 89 days to complete this feat, while China did so in 103 days. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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A doctor walks out of a Covid-19 vaccination centre in Mumbai on April 8. Meanwhile, Maharashtra became the first state in India to administer more than 10 million doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on April 11, HT reported stating Maharashtra health department data. (Indranil Mukherjee / AFP)

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A view inside the BKC Jumbo Covid-19 Vaccination Centre in Mumbai on April 9. As of April 11 morning, the state "administered 10,038,421 doses, highest in the country so far," Dr Pradeep Vyas, the principal secretary of Maharashtra’s health department told HT. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A public notice hangs in Bandra during the weekend lockdown imposed by the state government in wake of rising coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 10. Maharashtra’s vaccination milestone comes as the state is in the middle in a row with the Centre over claims of a vaccine shortage. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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A deserted view of Western Express Highway near Kandivali during the weekend lockdown in Mumbai on April 10. According to the state health department, Maharashtra requires 16 million vaccine doses per month and 40 lakh every week to vaccinate residents. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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An elderly woman looks at a public notice outside a vaccination centre notifying shortage of vaccines in Mahim, Mumbai on April 8. Over the last few days, Maharashtra also closed some vaccination centres and turned people away due to inadequate vaccine supplies. (Satish Bate / HT Photo)

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People waiting to get vaccinated against Covid-19 at Kanwatiya Government Hospital on the first day of a 4-day long “Tika Utsav” (Vaccination Festival), in Jaipur, on April 11. On April 12, India added 1,68,912 new Covid-19 cases to its tally, taking its overall caseload to 1,35,27,717. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)