Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to social media to congratulate the health team engaged at various levels of COVID-19 vaccination program.
according to the data of covin portal Updated till 9 pm, the total number of doses administered in UP stood at 11.07 crore. The closest contender is Maharashtra has 8.41 crore total doses. Madhya Pradesh (6.43 crores), Gujarat (6.20 crores) and West Bengal (5.93 crores)
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the health workers for doing their best and creating new milestones one after the other. “This achievement is dedicated to committed health workers and disciplined citizens. Every eligible person should get their vaccine for victory,” the CM wrote from his Twitter handle.
Due to the efficient guidance of respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji and the commitment of our health workers, he… https://t.co/Qr2vQvnh7z
— Yogi Adityanath (@myogiadityanath) 1633345508000
He also thanked the Prime Minister Narendra Modi To ensure continuous delivery of vaccines Uttar Pradesh. Talking about people, 8.85 crore people have taken the first dose while 2.2 crore people have taken both the doses. This speaks for an achievement of 59% and 15% respectively against the target of 15.04 crores.
In all, 32 districts of the state are capable of dispensing more than 15 lakh doses. Lucknow leads with over 39.42 lakh doses, followed by Prayagraj (28.77 lakh), Ghaziabad (28.68), Gorakhpur (27.74 lakh) and Kanpur Nagar (26.17 lakh) in the top five.
Experts said that the achievement is indeed remarkable, but the state needs to work on pushing the second dose.
Meanwhile, 16 new cases were reported and 17 were cured in the last 24 hours. The state’s recovery rate has reached 98.7%, while the death rate is around 1.3%.
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