LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh set a new record of administering over 8.1 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine across 8,510 sessions organised in 75 districts on Tuesday.
This was highest in the country on Tuesday and surpassed 7.25 lakh inoculations on Monday, the first day of the implementation of free universal Covid vaccination.
On the second day, UP accounted for over 15.2% of the total doses given across the country.
As many as 53.4 lakh doses were given across India on Tuesday.
UP’s nearest competitor was Maharashtra with 5.56 lakh doses.
Best performer of Monday – Madhya Pradesh — which administered over 16.9 crore doses – administered just 4,800 on Tuesday.
Officials attributed the success to the launch of the cluster approach to boost vaccinations in the state.
With this, vaccination exercise has been taken inside the villages which have made access much easier for the people, especially women.
Of the total 2.84 doses extended in Uttar Pradesh so far, 2.32 crore are first-timers while 41.01 lakh are fully vaccinated.
However, at 13.60 crore the target on board is still far.
Officials also said that over 85 lakh doses have been administered since the launch of Mission June which had targeted 1 crore jabs in one-month time.
“Even as eight days are left in the month, 85% of the target has been achieved.
This speaks for the sense of commitment and hard work put in by our teams,” said a senior officer in the state government.