Covid-19 vaccination drive crosses 12 crore mark, Maha, UP & Rajasthan among states with highest innoculation

New Delhi: India has achieved the landmark of administering over 12 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine to the beneficiaries.

As India conducts world’s largest innoculation drive, over 30 lakh doses were administered in the last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry.

According to the Ministry, cumulatively, 11,99,37,641 vaccine doses have been administered through 17,37,539 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 a.m. on Saturday.

Maha tops in 1st vaccine dose, UP in 2nd dose

According to a leading daily, Maharashtra tops the list in terms of first doses administered with 1,06,59,857 doses. It is followed by Rajasthan at 85,82,526 and Gujarat at 81,56,563.

Uttar Pradesh is leading in terms of second doses with 15,60,116 second doses being administered so far in the State. It is followed by Gujarat at 13,51,100 and Rajasthan at 13,16,216.

Maharashtra is leading the overall vaccination drive with total doses administered amounting to 1,18,86,859. It is followed by Uttar Pradesh at 1,05,38,702 and Rajasthan at 1,05,23,372.

The Ministry said 2.34 lakh new cases were reported in the country in the past 24 hours taking the cumulative positive cases to over 1.45 lakh. 1341 deaths were reported taking the toll to over 1.75 lakh across the country.

The country’s COVID-19 recovery rate has reached to 87.23 per cent with the total recovery of more than 1.23 patients in the last 24 hours. The Ministry said over 1.26 crore patients have already been recovered from this disease. Presently, the total number of active cases in the country is over 16.79 lakh which comprises only 11.56 per cent of the total positive cases.

The Indian Council of Medical Research said that various laboratories have conducted more than 14.95 lakh tests of corona virus samples during the last 24 hours.