INTERNATIONAL DESK: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted the citizens as the country crossed the milestone of administering ‘200 crore’ Covid-19 vaccine doses today (Sunday).
According to data provided by the Indian Ministry of Health till 1 pm today, a total of 2,00,00,15,631 doses have been administered across the country through 2,63,26,111 sessions.
The ministry data shows that 98 percent of the adult population of India has so far received at least one dose while 90 percent have been fully vaccinated.
With the “extraordinary” achievement Prime Minister Modi congratulated his countrymen saying that he is “proud of those who contributed to making India’s vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed”.
“India creates history again! Congrats to all Indians on crossing the special figure of 200 crore vaccine doses. Proud of those who contributed to making India’s vaccination drive unparalleled in scale and speed. This has strengthened the global fight against COVID-19,” he Tweeted today.
Besides, India reported 20,528 new Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours (till 8 am today) taking the total tally of coronavirus cases to 4,37,50,599 while the active cases increased to 1,43,449, the health ministry data says.
The death toll climbed to 5,25,709 with 49 new fatalities while the active cases stand at 0.33 percent while the recovery rate currently is at 98.47 percent.
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