Uttar Pradesh became the first State in India to have administered more than 33 crore doses of Covid vaccines. As per CoWin data, at least 33 crore out of the total 194 crore doses administered in the country are from UP.
“Strengthening its fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Uttar Pradesh Government is providing vaccination cover to all the children aged between 12 and 17 years in a time-bound manner. So far, over 2,49,20,559 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 15-17 years and over 1,10,67,719 vaccine doses have been administered to children in the age group of 12-14 years in the state,” Additional Chief Secretary, Medical and Health, Amit Mohan Prasad said.
Committed to providing additional protection cover to the people, Uttar Pradesh started administering booster shots (precaution doses) from January 10. Over 32.26 lakh precaution doses have been administered in the state so far.
UP is followed by Maharashtra with 16.73 crore doses administered so far. In terms of percentage, about 93 per cent of the adult population has been fully vaccinated while 100 per cent have received at least one vaccine dose.
In the age category of 15-17 years, over 97 per cent of the children have received at least one vaccine dose. More 75 per cent beneficiaries in this age category have been fully vaccinated.
“Aggressive vaccination is an integral part of the comprehensive strategy of the government to contain the pandemic while adhering to Covid-appropriate behaviour,” Prasad said.
Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh continued to record fresh Covid cases in three digits with 128 infections witnessed in the last 24 hours. However, 184 patients recovered during the same period. The additional chief secretary said that there were a total of 910 active cases of Covid in the state as on Tuesday.