Mumbai has reached the milestone of administering 1 crore first doses of Covid-19 vaccines. The feat was achieved before the completion of one year of the national vaccination campaign, which started on January 16 last year.  1,00,16,904 citizens received the first dose till Wednesday evening. So far, 1.81 crore vaccine doses have been administered across the city, including both doses at government, municipal and private centres.

The administration had set a target of fully vaccinating the adult population (18 years and above) in Mumbai, i.e. 92,36,500 citizens. The second dose has been given to 88 per cent of the adult population, i.e. 81,37,850 citizens, so far. As of Wednesday evening,  1,00,16,904 citizens, including the 15-17-year-olds and the adult population, were given the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.