Chennai: More than 20 lakh people were inoculated against coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest in a day so far, taking the total number of vaccine doses administered in the country to over 2.3 crore, the Union Health Ministry said.
More than 43 lakh 74 thousand beneficiaries aged more than 60 years and over seven lakh beneficiaries aged more than 45 years with specific co-morbidities were vaccinated till date.
As on day-52 of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, 20,19,723 vaccine doses were given.
Out of which, 17,15,380 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 28,884 sessions for first dose and 3,04,343 healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) received second dose of anti-coronavirus vaccine.