As India crossed the milestone of 100 crore Covid-19 doses, the share of UP, with 12.3 crore jabs, stood at more than 12%, which is highest in the country. Maharashtra, with over 9.3 crore doses and West Bengal with 6.9 crore doses are the next two states in terms of total inoculations.
In UP, 9.48 crore persons have taken the first dose while 2.83 crore are fully vaccinated. This means that 81% of the 15.04 crore eligible persons in UP have taken at least one dose while 18.4% are fully vaccinated.
Experts appreciated the enormity of the work undertaken in UP, especially in the Light of factors like limited availability of Vaccines, Union Government‘s vaccination priority to high prevalence states like Maharashtra and Kerala in early stages and the scale of implementation challenge in UP.