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The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said that the cumulative COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 44.58 crore. As per the provisional report at 7 pm, over 36.87 lakh (36,87,239) doses of vaccine were administered on Tuesday.
The ministry said that 17,71,541 vaccine doses were administered as the first dose and 2,69,421 vaccine doses as the second dose in the age group of 18-44 years on Tuesday.
Overall, 14,43,08,571 persons in the age group of 18-44 years across all states and union territories have received their first dose and a total of 68,72,779 people have received their second dose since the start of the third phase of the vaccination campaign. have received.
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Five states – Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have given more than 1 crore cumulative doses of COVID-19 vaccine in the age group of 18-44 years.
In addition, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have immunized over 10 lakh beneficiaries in the age group of 18-44 years for the first dose. has done. COVID-19 vaccine, the ministry said.
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