NEW DELHI: India administered 18 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines in August, more than what all G7 nations put together did during the month.
Japan administered 4 crore doses, USA 2.3 crore, France 1.3 crore, Germany 90 lakh, Italy 80 lakh, UK 50 lakh and Canada 30 lakh, ac cording to data shared by the Union health ministry.
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crossed 68 crore with the administration of over 71.61 lakh doses in 24 hours till 7am on Sunday.
Daily positivity rate less than 5% for 90 days
According to the government, the recovery of 38,091 Covid-19 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally of recuperated patients in India since the beginning of the pandemic to over 3.2 crore.
The health ministry said 42,766 new cases were reported on Sunday. The weekly positivity rate at 2.62% remains less than 3% for the last 72 days now.
The daily positivity rate stands at 2.45%; it has remained below 5% for 90 consecutive days, the health ministry.