UP records highest single-day vaccine coverage, 33.42 lakh doses administered
Earlier, UP administered more than 30 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on August 27, the highest ever in a day by any State. On August 3, UP gave around 29.5 lakh doses of vaccine against Covid-19 which was also an all-time high record in single day coverage.
New Delhi: Strengthening its fight against the deadly coronavirus, Uttar Pradesh administered more than 33.42 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on Monday, the highest ever vaccination achieved in a single day by any State since the start of the covid-19 vaccination drive.
For the third time in the span of nearly a month, UP gave more than 30 lakh doses in a day. A total of 3342360 doses were administered on September 6, taking the total tally to 80878135.
The need of the hour is to vaccinate people on a war footing to build herd immunity to combat the third wave by sending teams in every nook and corner of the state and the UP government is in an active mode to further boost the protection system against Covid-19.
The Chief Minister in his meeting with the higher officials has given instructions to further accelerate the process. “Continuous contact should be maintained with the Government of India for the availability of the vaccine,” he said.
Uttar Pradesh took almost 100 days to touch the figure of one crore. It then took 45 days to cross the 2-crore mark and 59 more days to reach 5 crores. The state then took 14 days to reach 6 crores and then 11 more days to cross 7 crore vaccinations on August 28. It just took 9 more days to go past the 8-crore mark on September 7.
After successfully controlling the COVID surge in Uttar Pradesh, Yogi Adityanath decided to ramp up the vaccination drive in the State, in order to protect maximum people from the deadly disease. Daily vaccination rates in Uttar Pradesh have “sky-rocketed”.
Over 8 crore doses administered in UP
Earlier, UP administered more than 30 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on August 27, the highest ever in a day by any State. On August 3, UP gave around 29.5 lakh doses of vaccine against Covid-19 which was also an all-time high record in single day coverage.
While India once again hit the one crore mark on Monday logging its highest ever daily vaccination figure, Uttar Pradesh led the way by contributing around 33 per cent to the national record.
UP sets target to vaccinate 50% of its eligible population
Under the direction of the Government of India, the State of Uttar Pradesh has now vaccinated around 45 per cent of the eligible population with the first dose. Now, the government aims to cover around 50 per cent of the population within a week.