Spurt in India’s vaccination drive draws global praise, US & Europe left behind

New Delhi: Modi government’s consistent focus on inoculating a billion plus population has finally started yielding excellent results. The Covid-19 vaccination drive which started floundering in May has again gathered momentum and is leaving behind the most developed nations including the US & Europe, where most vaccine producing companies are based.

The vaccination drive gathered steam in 1st week of June and by the closing week of June, the numbers are mammoth enough to bewilder the doubters.

Each of the last 8 days – from Sat Jun 19 to Sat Jun 26 – were all time best days of week for vaccinations, with 26th overtaking the perf on 18th. The past week dominates the list of best ever single days for vaccinations:

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— Suraj (@surajbrf) June 26, 2021

Second & third week of June were also impressive, with the nation vaccinating about 35 lakh people per day. But, the last week commencing from June 21 has broken all records. In 4th week, India administered vaccine jabs to about 70 lakh persons per day.

The extrapolated dynamic production rate computed from consumption accelerated from just under 120m/month prior week to 224m/month from this week’s data. If this momentum keeps up, 6-7million/day can be sustained.

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— Suraj (@surajbrf) June 26, 2021

India also overtook combined Americas and all of Europe in the rate of daily vaccinations as a 7DMA this week, crossing 6 million a day, much more than the peak performance in Europe, home to most major vaccine companies:

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— Suraj (@surajbrf) June 26, 2021

32 crore population administered vaccine jab

India’s cumulative COVID Vaccination Coverage has crossed the landmark of 32 crore.

Cumulatively, 8,30,23,693 persons across 37 States/UTs have received their first dose and total 18,48,754 have received their second dose since the start of Phase-3 of the vaccination drive.

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➡️ India’s COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage crosses the landmark of 32 Cr.

➡️ On 6th Day of new phase of Vaccination, more than 58.10 Lakh vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm.https://t.co/X22hwuTQfF pic.twitter.com/HnQ8FFiw9z

— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) June 26, 2021

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal have administered more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of COVID vaccine.