Odisha enters club of states with 1 crore fully vaccinated population

BHUBANESWAR: Odisha on Monday crossed the milestone of administering both the doses of the anti-Covid vaccines to one crore people, joining the club of 10 other such states in the country.
“Happy to share that Odisha has achieved another milestone in #COVID19Vaccination with over one crore citizens fully vaccinated with two doses of #COVID19 vaccines,” reads part of a tweet by the state health department.
Both the doses of the vaccines against Covid have been administered to more than one crore people in the state, while 2.43 crore people have received at least one dose, according to the latest updates on the CO-WIN portal.
The state has administered altogether 3.43 crore doses of the vaccines, including 1.74 crore doses to men and 1.69 crore to women, so far.
More than 32% of the state’s adult population of 3.09 crore, which is the target of the ongoing vaccination drive, has been fully vaccinated. About 79% of the population has received the first dose.
The 10 other states with more than one crore fully vaccinated people include Maharashtra (2.83 crore), Uttar Pradesh (2.66 crore), Gujarat (2.3 crore), Karnataka (2.02 crore), Rajasthan (1.86 crore), West Bengal (1.84 crore), Madhya Pradesh (1.73 crore), Bihar (1.48 crore), Tamil Nadu (1.42 crore) and Kerala (1.23 crore).
Odisha has been trying to administer more than four lakh doses per day. By 5pm on Monday, it had used up 2.34 lakh doses. Ganjam district has vaccinated the highest number of people in the state until now — 21.66 lakh with one dose and 14.97 lakh with both the doses. Deogarh, on the other hand, has vaccinated the least number of people — 2.21 lakh with the first dose and 56,000 with both the doses. Meanwhile, altogether 340 more people tested on Monday, taking the positivity rate to 0.59%. The state confirmed five more Covid deaths, taking the death toll to 8,290.