The number of beneficiaries to have received COVID-19 vaccine doses in India crossed the 60 lakh mark till Monday evening, stated the Union health ministry.

The country has reached the mark in 24 days, which is the fastest in the world. While the USA took 26 days to reach this mark, the UK took 46 days. Till Monday evening, 60,35,660 individuals had received the vaccination across 1,24,744 sessions. Overall, 54,12,270 among the beneficiaries are healthcare workers while 6,23,390 are frontline workers. Eleven states and Union Territories have vaccinated over 65% of the registered healthcare workers. These include Bihar, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Odisha, Mizoram, Uttar Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan and Kerala. Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Punjab, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, and Puducherry have vaccinated fewer than 40% of their healthcare workers… (ET Healthworld – PTI, February 9, 2021)