India is set to create history by achieving the target of vaccinating over 100 crore people against the coronavirus vaccine on Thursday. India’s nationwide Covid-19 vaccination began on January 16 and before the completion of a year, India is set to achieve this milestone by the end of the day.
To complete the administration of 100 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses, the country’s largest Khadi tricolor, which weighs around 1,400 kg, will be displayed at the Red Fort. It will be the same tricolor whose dimensions are 225 feet x 150 feet, which was hoisted on October 2 – Gandhi Jayanti – Leh.
Apart from this, many other programs have also been organized. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will launch a song by singer Kailash Kher and an audio-visual film at the Red Fort.
As of 7:40 am, the total dose of vaccine given in the country has gone up to 99.85 crore so far. co-win portalAbout 75% of all adults gave the first dose and about 31% received both doses. Out of the total vaccination coverage, 39.73 crore have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine between the ages of 18 and 44, while 11.57 crore have received both the doses in the same age group.
Among Indian states, Uttar Pradesh has given the highest number of vaccine doses (above 12 crore), followed by Maharashtra and West Bengal.
Here is the Kovid-19 vaccination data of Indian states
10 states that have given the highest number of Covid-19 vaccines (both doses)
- Uttar Pradesh (12.08 crore)
- Maharashtra (9.23 crore)
- West Bengal (6.82 cr)
- Gujarat (6.73 cr)
- Madhya Pradesh (6.67 crore)
- Bihar (6.30 crore)
- Karnataka (6.13 cr)
- Rajasthan (6.07 crores)
- Tamil Nadu (5.34 cr)
- Andhra Pradesh (4.77 crore)
The national capital Delhi has given a total of 1,97,70,761 crore doses of vaccines. The worst affected Kerala has given 3,74,80,054 doses so far.
10 States/UTs that have administered the least number of COVID-19 vaccines (both doses)
- Lakshadweep (99,868)
- Ladakh (3,55,534)
- Andaman and Nicobar (4,72,628)
- Sikkim (9,45,723)
- Dadar and Daman (9,97,785)
- Puducherry (10,92,813)
- Nagaland (11,50,358)
- Mizoram (11,97,568)
- Arunachal Pradesh (12,60,846)
- Chandigarh (14,33,021)
Globally, India will become the second country to achieve the 100 billion Covid vaccine dose milestone. China has achieved this record long ago. Currently, China has given 2,232,589,595 doses of coronavirus vaccines. The US has given a total of 408,488,638 doses so far. The total dosage numbers are Brazil (259,937,358), Germany (110, 223,043), Turkey (114,620,510), Japan (182,079,899), and France (101,500,513).
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