Lucknow: In a new record, Uttar Pradesh did more than 27 lakh covid-19 vaccine jab on Tuesday.
This has so far the largest number of doses provided by the state in one day in India.
With this, it rises to become the first country to extend more than 5 doses of crore vaccines.
So far, Madhya Pradesh holds a record of maximum vaccination in a day -16.9 lakh on June 21.
Health officials said that Tuesday-up feat was beyond the record of vaccination many countries.
Tweeting about state achievement, CM Yogi Adityanath said: “Vaccines are the best defense against pandemic infections that change their shape to attack people.
It must be equipped with Covid-19 behavior that is appropriate.” Data from the Cowin Portal was updated until midnight showed that 27.34 The lakh vaccine dose has been given between 9am and 6pm on Tuesday.
More than two lakh health workers were involved in a process involving nearly 12,600 vaccination sites.
In the case of the total extended dose, Maharashtra is the closest competitor with 4.52 doses of crore so far.
It was followed by Gujarat and Rajasthan where 3.44 crore and a vaccine dose of 3.36 crore had been given.
In terms of age groups, 2.44 crore people in the age group 18-44 years have taken at least one jab while 1.63 crore people have a minimum of one dose in the age group of 45-60 years.
More than 1.05 elderly parents in the state have taken Jab.
Health sources say that CM Yogi Adityanath monitors progress per hour from vaccination programs since morning.
Minister of Health and Welfare of the Family of Jai Pratap Singh said: “The achievement spoke of the type of hard work entered towards the acceleration of vaccination in the state.
Vision and political leadership has been displayed properly by officials and field staff.” “Given adequate supply, To the above can do more than 20 lakh vaccinations in a day and more than three crore vaccinations in a month.
With the current vaccination rate, up can vaccinate the entire population in a matter of 8-10 weeks, “said Dr.
Presta Bharadwaj, Health Officer, UNICEF, UP , Meanwhile, 65 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours.
The death toll reached 22,765 with two new additions.