Mumbai Crosses 1 Crore Covid Vaccination Mark, Becomes Nation's First District To Achieve Feat

According to information provided on CoWIN, 1,00,63,497 doses of COVID vaccine have been administered in Mumbai so far. The vaccination drive is being carried out at 507 centres across the district.

Mumbai has crossed the 1 crore vaccination mark

Covid Vaccination: The nation is achieving new global records when it comes to COVID-19 vaccination. Mumbai District has made one such new record. Mumbai district becomes first in nation to cross 10 million vaccination mark According to data provided on CoWIN portal, 1,00,63,497 doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered in Mumbai so far. Of these, 72,75,134 people have been given a single dose of the vaccine while 27,88,363 people have been fully vaccinated. 

The vaccination drive is being carried out at 507 centres spread all over Mumbai district, according to CoWIN. Out of these, 325 are government centres while 182 centres are being run by private hospitals.  

Highest number of doses administered on August 27: 

According to CoWIN, the highest number of doses in Mumbai District in the past 30 days were administered on August 27. A total of 1,77,017 people were vaccinated on the day. In addition, 1,63,775 people were administered vaccine doses on August 21, while 1,53,881 people were administered vaccine doses on August 23. 

On the other hand, 422 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Mumbai on Friday. This is the third consecutive day that more than 400 new cases have been reported here. Three people lost their lives to the infection on Friday. According to the BMC, the total number of COVID-19 cases in Mumbai has reached 7,45,434 while the number of people killed so far has reached 15,987. According to a BMC official, Mumbai currently has 3,532 active COVID-19 cases.