LUCKNOW: Over 96% of the state's eligible population has taken at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, shows data from the state health department.
The total number of first dose takers in the state reached 14.2 crore on Saturday. The number of fully vaccinated population reached 8.5 crore.
Another 3,8 lakh have taken the precaution dose while the number of adolescents to have taken their first dose crossed 50.9 lakh on Saturday.
Meanwhile, new cases continued to soar in the state. As per the official bulletin, as many as 15,795 new cases were reported from across 75 districts.
Among all, Lucknow saw 2,769 cases followed by Gautambuddhnagar, Ghaziabad and Meerut where 1,873, 1,371 and 1,135 new cases were recorded.
The new cases took the state's active case tally to 95,148 of which less than 3% patients were under hospitalization.
Officials pointed out that four persons died because of the infection taking the total number of deaths to 22,953.
