Over 40 lakh doses of Covid vaccine administered on second day of Teeka Utsav across country

India’s COVID vaccination drive has gained remarkable momentum after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s clarion call to observe Teeka Utsav from 11th to 14th of this month.

On the 2nd day of the special vaccination drive, the nation recorded inoculation of over 40 lakh doses. The 87th day since the beginning of the largest & fastest vaccination programme, the country also registered substantial increase in the number of total Covid Vaccination Centres engaged in vaccination. The number of Covid Vaccination Centres in the country increased from nearly 45 thousand to around 71 thousand registering a growth of over 26 thousand centres in a single day.

With many workplace vaccination centres also witnessing heavy turnout of beneficiaries, the cumulative number of vaccine doses given in the country now stands at over 10 crore 85 lakh.

(AIR)