Data | COVID-19 vaccination rate further slows in mid-May while supply utilisation remains above 90%
The Hindu
The 21 crore vaccine doses received till May 24 are enough to vaccinate only 22.4% of adult population
Despite India allowing for all adults, the number of doses administered dropped significantly in May. Between May 11 and 20, only 1.57 million doses were administered per day on average, lower than the 1.77 million administered in the previous 10-day period. If India has to its adult population by the end of 2021, the average daily dose has to increase to at least 7.5 million. Reduction in the daily doses in Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Telangana and Jammu and Kashmir led to the drop in India's pace in the latest period. From May 11 to 20, 1.57 million doses were administered daily on average. At this pace, India will be able to administer 302 million doses by July 31, around 198 million doses lower than the target (upper bound) of 500 million.
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