Vaccination Drive For 18+: After 'Minor Glitches', First Day Witnesses 1.32 Lakh Registration On CoWIN Portal

The government also clarified on the reports of the Co-WIN platform being unresponsive or unable to respond to the surge in registrations saying the platform didn't crash.

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After CoWIN portal faced minor glitches when the registration opened at 4 pm on Wednesday, the platform went on to register more than 1.32 lakh people under third phase of nationwide covid-19 programme for beneficiaries above 18 years of age.

The government allowed registration for the new eligible group of population above 18 years on CoWIN portal (cowin.gov.in) or through the Aarogya Setu app. Also Read: SII Reduces Covishield Vaccine Price For States By 25%, Vaccine To Now Cost Rs 300

On the micro-blogging site, the government through the Aaorgya Setu app's official account tweeted, "So we close Day 1 with 1.32 Cr Registrations on http://Cowin.gov.in. Kudos to Team CoWin for building a truly scalable and robust platform. Handling more than 50000 API calls per second is mammoth!

Earlier, the government apprised beneficiaries about the glitches being fixed, when the registration kicked off at 4 PM.

With the spiralling cases of Covid-19 in the second wave, the government started vaccination drive for all citizens above18 years of age from May 1.

Once the registration is done, taking an appointment to get a Covid-19 vaccine jab would be mandatory for those aged between18and 44 years as walk-ins will not be allowed initially. However, those above 45 years of age can still avail the facility of on-site registration to get vaccinated.

 The inoculation process and the documents to be provided to get the vaccination remain the same.

Meanwhile, the government also clarified on the reports of the Co-WIN platform being unresponsive or unable to respond to the surge in registrations saying the platform didn't crash.

“Reports that the server has crashed are incorrect and are without any basis. The server supporting the Co-Win digital portal continues to work smoothly at its highest efficiency. People are registering on the platform, mostly of age-group 18-44. It witnessed more than 80 lakh people registered themselves on the portal, with 3 hours from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm," the union health ministry said in a statement.

The government also noted some of the statistics pertaining to the first three hours (4-7 pm) are as --383 million API hits, initially as high as 2.7 million hits per minute and as many as 1.45 crore SMSs were successfully delivered.

“These Statistics indicate that far from crashing or performing slowly, the system is performing without any glitches. It is recording 55,000 hits per second and is completely stable. Detailed statistics relating to registration, vaccinations etc., can be seen on dashboard.cowin.gov.in," the union health ministry said in a statement.

The government went on to mention that the Co-WIN software is a robust, dependable and agile technology. It offers anytime anywhere registration for covid-19 vaccination.

The capacity of the servers and other parameters have been ramped up to match the unprecedented scale of immunization so that the COWIN system provide citizen-centric services. Inclusivity, speed and scalability have been kept in mind while designing the unique digital platform with all components being portable, synchronous without excessive and unnecessary dependencies.