HYDERABAD: Five months after it launched the Covid-19 vaccination drive, Telangana became the 13th state to cross the milestone of administering one crore jabs to people in different categories.
The state has so far given 1,00,53,358 doses.
The state also achieved another feat of administering two lakh doses in a single day on Friday.
Director of public health, Dr Srinivasa Rao, said that 86,06,292 people in the state have so far received their first dose, while 14,47,056 have got both the doses.
According to the figures released by the health department, Hyderabad has the highest number of vaccinated people (22,30,655), with 19,19,321 getting their first doses.
Narayanpet district, the smallest in Telangana, saw the lowest number of doses (50,818) being given.
“We take this opportunity to promise vaccine to people who are yet to get their first jab,” Rao said.
Telangana began its vaccination drive on January 16 by inoculating health workers on a priority.
It subsequently added people from other categories depending on availability of doses.
While Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha have given more than one crore doses, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka and Rajasthan have crossed the two crore-mark.
Maharashtra has so far given more than three crore doses.
Notwithstanding the changes in the vaccine strategy several times — even halting the vaccination drive at one point — Telangana, unlike many other states, has vaccinated more people in the age group of 18-44 years.
Around 40 lakh jabs were given in this age groups, as against 23 lakh in above 60 group, and 36.97 lakh for 45-60 years category.