In a landmark of sorts, Maharashtra on Tuesday crossed the milestone of 10 crore Covid-19 vaccination doses, even as the fresh infections went up marginally in the state from 751 to 982 and deaths rose from 15 to 27 during the last 24 hours.
“Today at 4 PM Maharashtra crossed the benchmark of administration of 100 Million covid Vaccine doses. It was possible with active involvement of all District officers, Maharashtra additional chief secretary (health) Dr Pradeep Vyas said.
Till 5 pm on Tuesday, 4,07,875 were administered vaccines in various parts of the state. So far, 6,80,28,164 have received their first dose in the state, while 3,20,37,073 have got their second dose. “A total of 10,00,65,237 have been vaccinated till date in Maharashtra,” a senior official said
Complimenting the Maharashtra government for crossing the 10 crore vaccination mark, Director-Critical Care, Fortis Hospitals Mumbai and Member of the Supreme Court-appointed National COVID19 Task Force Dr Rahul Pandit, said, "It was a proud moment when India completed administration of 100 crore doses towards the end of October 2021. Standing in the second week of November, today, Maharashtra has completed 10 crore vaccine doses to eligible beneficiaries! This is undoubtedly a milestone worth cherishing. The state has successfully administered the first dose to 6.8 crore people, and 3.2 crore have been fully vaccinated."
"This accomplishment is a fruition of tremendous hard work, strategic acumen and timely intervention by the state and civic authorities, governing bodies, healthcare workers, community caregivers and responsible citizens. However, we must not let our guards down, and honour the efforts made across the past 19months. If precautions and Covid-19 appropriate behaviour is not maintained, cases will be on the rise again.
Celebrations like Christmas, New Year are coming up soon, stay alert and be cautious.. Let’s be responsible and encourage and help more and more people to get vaccinated.” Dr Pandit added.
Meanwhile, with 27 fresh deaths reported on Monday, the total number of deaths in the state increased from 1,40,403 to 1,40,430, while the total infections -- with 982 new cases – went up from 66,18,347 to 66,19,329.
As 1,293 patients were discharged from the hospitals across the state after full recovery, the total number of people discharged from the hospitals since the second week of March last year increased from 64,60,663 to 64,61,956. The recovery rate in the state stood static at 97.62 per cent.
The total “active cases” in the state dropped from 13,649 to 13.311. The fatality rate in the state stood static at 2.12 per cent.
Mumbai with 3559 active cases emerged as the first in the state in terms of maximum number of “active cases” in the state, while Pune with 2903 cases stood second in the state, followed by Ahmednagar (2311), Thane (1369), Raigad (545), Aurangabad (473), Nashik (392) Palghar (308), Sangli ( 280) Satara (218) and Solapur (246).
Of the 6,33,99,355 samples sent to various laboratories across the state so far, 66,19,329 have tested positive (10.44 per cent) for COVID-19 until Tuesday.
Currently, 1,33,262 people are in home quarantine while 867 people are in institutional quarantine.