Punjab has achieved the milestone of administering over two crore doses of Covid vaccine so far.
Deputy Chief Minister Om Prakash Soni said that so far 1.48 crore people in the state had received the first dose while 52 lakh people got both first and second dose. Soni, who is also holding the Health portfolio, said that as many as 2.16 lakh people got vaccinated only on Tuesday itself during the mega vaccination drive across the state. He said that Ludhiana, Jalandhar, Amritsar, Hoshiarpur and Patiala were the top five districts in immunization so far.
He said that 1.77 crore doses of Covashild and 23 lakh doses of Covaxin had been administered in the state, adding that 1.07 crore people in the age group of 18-44 years had been vaccinated while 55 lakh people in the age group of 45-60 years and 38 lakh people 60 years and above received jab of vaccine.