anti-Covid vaccines were administered till 7 pm on Friday across the country, taking the total vaccination count to above 89.67 crore (89,67,51,334), said the Union health ministry.
Cumulatively, 36,32,00,842 persons in the 18-44 category across all states and union territories have received their first dose and a total of 8,49,70,800 have received their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.
In the age group 45-59, a total of 16,02,17,234 people have received their first dose of vaccine so far and 7,74,50,693 have got both the doses.
As on day-259 of the vaccination drive, a total of 34,82,064 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 28,04,315 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine as per