multiple keyboard events on single key

Question

Running the code below and pressing a key once results in two separate keyboard events with the output being

1
1

Kindly advise Thank You Cheerios

#include <iostream>
#include <cassert>
#include <windows.h>

void keyboard(HANDLE hstd_input)
{
	INPUT_RECORD input_record;
	DWORD nevents = 0;
	BOOL ok = ReadConsoleInput(hstd_input, &input_record, 1, &nevents);
	assert(ok);
	std::wcout << nevents << std::endl;
}

int main() 
{
	HANDLE hstd_input = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
	keyboard(hstd_input);
	keyboard(hstd_input);
}