New Delhi: Nearly 86 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses were administered across the country in the last 24 hours.
This is the highest single-day coverage till now, on Day One of centre’s new vaccination policy roll-out.
Data on the government’s CoWin website showed a total of 85,96,807 vaccine shots were administered on Monday.
Today’s record-breaking vaccination numbers are gladdening. The vaccine remains our strongest weapon to fight COVID-19. Congratulations to those who got vaccinated and kudos to all the front-line warriors working hard to ensure so many citizens got the vaccine.
Well done India!
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2021
The centre started providing vaccines free of charge to all above 18 from Monday and took back control of vaccination from states, reversing a policy change that was enforced just about a month ago.