Uttar Pradesh arranges 11 crore vaccine doses, sets record
Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to deliver more than 11 crore doses of the Kovid-19 vaccine. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to social media to congratulate the health team engaged at various levels of the Kovid-19 vaccination program.
According to the data updated till 9 pm on Monday, the total number of doses in the state stood at 11.07 crore.
The closest contender is Maharashtra where the total number of expanded doses is 8.41 crore, followed by Madhya Pradesh (6.43 crore), Gujarat (6.20 crore) and West Bengal (5.93 crore).
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath lauded the health workers for doing their best and creating new milestones one after the other.
The Chief Minister said, “This achievement is dedicated to committed health workers and disciplined citizens. Every eligible person should get his/her ‘Tika Jeet Ka’.”
He also thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for ensuring continuous delivery of the vaccine to 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 represents an achievement of 59 per cent and 15 per cent 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 the state needs to work on pushing for a second dose.
Meanwhile, 16 new cases were reported and 17 were cured in the last 24 hours. The recovery rate in the state has reached 98.7 percent while the death rate is around 1.3.
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