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The coronavirus vaccine administration is rapidly increasing in the country every month, with a total of 13.45 crore doses administered in July which also saw a remarkable daily average of 43.41 lakh doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday.
The cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 50 crore-mark on Friday.
"India is going strong in the fight against #COVID19. Charting a path to #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine, vaccine administration is rapidly increasing every month. July saw a remarkable daily average of 43.41 lakh doses and a total of 13.45 crore doses," Mandaviya tweeted.
In India, a total of 50,10,09,609 vaccine doses have been administered through 58,08,344 sessions, according to the provisional report till 7 am on Saturday.
According to the health ministry, 49,55,138 vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
The Union government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, it added.