CoWIN portal sees huge rush on Day 1 of registration for those aged 18-45

Registrations for Covid-19 vaccination for those aged 18 to 45 saw huge rush on Wednesday, the first day it was opened for the age group, with more than 8.7 million people enrolling themselves for the much-awaited jab.

The CoWIN portal saw 55,000 hits per second, said National Health Authority Chief Executive Officer RS Sharma. “There have been [7,965,720] registrations on Co-WIN today, most of these in the last three hours (16:00-19:00) and mostly of 18-44 age group. We have seen a traffic of 55,000 hits per second. System functioning as expected,” Sharma tweeted.

In comparison, as of 5 pm on Tuesday, the portal had less than 2 million registrations. The surge was despite glitches in the Arogya Setu app and the CoWIN portal.