Coronavirus | Over 50 lakh jabs given in a single day again

Kerala reported 12,617 new infections, followed by Maharashtra (8,470) and Tamil Nadu (6,895).

Until 9 p.m. on Tuesday, over 5.28 million new doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered in India which is only the second instance when the number of doses in a single day crossed the 5-million-mark. A day before, 8.73 million doses were administered, the highest-ever in a single day since the inoculation drive began. Between June 1 and 21, 3.46 million doses were administered daily in India on an average. At the current rate, a total of 960 million doses can be administered by December 31, 2021, which is just over half the doses required to fully vaccinate all adults(1880.37 million doses). To fully inoculate all adults by the end of this year, 8.2 million doses need to be given daily on average in the country. The seven-day rolling average of daily vaccinations in the country continues to increase. It stood at 4.25 million on June 21, which is more than the 3.26 million recorded a week before (June 14). It was also significantly higher than the average daily doses recorded a month before (May 21) which was 1.85 million.