Picking paceOver the past four weeks, the pace of covid-19 vaccination in India has increased progressively.
In the past week, India averaged 3.3 million doses per day, nearly double that over a month ago. In the past week, India registered a week-on-week growth of 7.8% in vaccine doses given.
In the three weeks before that, it had managed 8.3%, 7.4% and 5% growth, as per data portal Our World in Data.Among the 10 most populous countries, the US leads in covid-19 vaccine coverage.
The world’s largest economy has already given 93.3 vaccine doses per 100 population. This is followed by China (64.2) and Brazil (37.8).