Maharashtra first to fully vaccinate 1 crore citizens

MUMBAI: Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to fully vaccinate over one crore people against Covid-19. As on Monday, the state had given two doses to 1,00,99,524 people—nearly 11% of the total 9,37,98,052 fully vaccinated across India—while 2.15crore have got the first jab. Considering the state’s total adult population of 8.5crore, it means barely 12% people are fully vaccinated and 25% have got one dose.
While UP remains at the top of the chart having administered most doses among states at 4.52crore, the number it has managed to fully vaccinate is barely a little over 73lakh.
Maharashtra has administered 4.17crore doses since the national drive kicked off on January 16. Starting with over 230 centres, vaccination centres have now increased to 4,100 in the state.
Dr Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary, health, said the momentum of the drive would depend on volume of doses received. “After Monday's sessions, we have more than 16 lakh doses,” he said.
Vyas said floods may disrupt transport and affect vaccination in some villages. Ratnagiri, for instance, administered less than 400 shots on Monday. Though Raigad too has been hit by the floods, it managed to vaccinate over 8,000. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and health minister Rajesh Tope lauded the health department for achieving the feat.
The maximum vaccinations have been in the age group above 45 years where 74.28lakh have got both doses while 1.01crore have got one dose. In the 18-44 bracket, about 4.5lakh have got vaccinated with both doses while 99.56lakh have got the first dose. Among healthcare workers, 8.97lakh have been fully vaccinated while 3.88lakh have taken a single dose. And over 11lakh frontline workers have been fully vaccinated while a little over 10 lakh have taken the first shot. Among districts, Mumbai has administered the highest doses at 69.66lakh followed by Pune with 59.12lakh doses.
After a few days of lull, a total of 88,019 people got vaccinated in the city on Monday. The 18-44 group makes up the bulk of daily vaccinations followed by the 45-59 bracket. Count of pregnant women who have taken the vaccine is inching towards 200 (181).