Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Monday said it is ''historic'' that India has overtaken the United States of America in the total number of COVID-19 vaccines administered so far.
"Till now, India has administered 32,36,63,297 doses of COVID-19 vaccines. This is historic because today we have overtaken the USA in the number of vaccine doses administered," he said.
In a tweet, the health minister also called the new feat a ''remarkable result of efforts under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi.''
"World's #LargestVaccineDrive pacing ahead! At 32.36 crore, surpasses in terms of cumulative #COVID19Vaccince doses administered. A remarkable result of efforts by ''Whole of Govt'' & ''Whole of society'' under the leadership of Hon'ble PM Sh @narendramodi Ji," he tweeted.
He further informed that fresh COVID-19 cases were continuously decreasing and in the last seven days had reported a 21 per cent drop.
"Continuing reduction in infections! Corona infection is continuously decreasing in India. There has been a decrease of 21 per cent of new patients in the country in 7 days as compared to last week. This is a good sign, but be careful, be cautious and follow the COVID-19 protocol," he said.
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