website. It was the first time vaccinations exceeded registrations since the immunisation drive was expanded from May 1. India has administered 323.9 million doses, the most in the world after China and the United States.
Vaccination relative to people, however, is much lower in India than many countries. So far, more than 346 million people have registered for shots in India, which wants to cover all its adults this year.
Currently, cities are vaccinating much faster than the countryside. India stepped up inoculations from last week when Modi's federal government took back the responsibility of supplying doses to individual states free of cost.