Maharashtra Becomes First State To Administer Over 5 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Doses

Mumbai: Maharashtra, the state most affected state by coronavirus cases, became the first state in the country to administer 5 million COVID vaccine doses.

“Maharashtra is at top of the country in the number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered. We are also the first State to cross the 5 million doses benchmark, said Dr Pradeep Vyas, Principal Secretary, Health, Maharashtra on Thursday.

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The state has also given a second dose of vaccine to 6,72,128 people, yielding a cumulative vaccination figure of 50,14,774.

As a sign of relief, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country today has crossed 5.31 crore. A total of 5,31,45,709 vaccine doses have been given.

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Maharashtra topped with 50,14,774 doses, Rajasthan with 49,94,574 vaccine doses, 47,56,799 in Uttar Pradesh, 43,81,814 in Gujarat and 42,50,140 in West Bengal. Delhi has administered 10,94,429 vaccine doses whereas Lakshadweep has only administered 6,463 doses, according to the government’s data.

Meanwhile, Maharashtra has 31,855 new COVID-19 cases, 15098 discharges and 95 deaths on Wednesday.

India recorded 53,476 new COVID-19 cases, 26,490 recoveries and 251 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to the Union Health Ministry on Thursday.

According to the union health ministry, five States–Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Gujarat are reporting a surge in the COVID daily new cases. These states account for 77.44 pc of the new cases.

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