India achieves milestone of over 1 crore COVID-19 vaccinations on August 27

With this, not only did India achieve a landmark of the highest number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in a day but also achieved its highest ever weekly vaccination figure of nearly 4.5 Crore doses from August 21 to 27.

Aman Sharma

August 27, 2021 / 10:36 PM IST

India achieved its highest daily vaccination and achieved the milestone of administering one core COVID-19 vaccine doses in one day for the first time on August 27. As many as 1,00,64,032 doses of coronavirus vaccine were administered today.

The maximum number of coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in Uttar Pradesh with more than 28 lakh vaccinations on August 27.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi reacted to the development and tweeted:

Record vaccination numbers today!
Crossing 1 crore is a momentous feat. Kudos to those getting vaccinated and those making the vaccination drive a success.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) August 27, 2021

Also read: In charts | India’s COVID-19 case count, state-wise trends, vaccination data, and other key details

Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh have seen maximum vaccinations this month. In Uttar Pradesh, nearly 2.15 crore doses have been administered this month so far, followed by 1.3 in Madhya Pradesh and nearly 1.1 crore doses in Maharashtra. Special vaccination campaigns are conducted in both Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh, which might have boosted vaccination numbers in these two states.

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