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After weekend slack, over 3 lakh get the Covid jab in a day in Madhya Pradesh

BHOPAL: A total of 3.15 lakh Covid-19 vaccine doses were administered in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, said health bulletin released by the directorate of health services.

With these doses being administered on Saturday, a total of 6.42 crore doses have been administered in the state so far.

On Monday, it was after three days that more than three lakh vaccine doses were administered. In fact on Saturday (93,000 doses) and on Sunday (33,000) not even one lakh doses were administered in the state.

Vaccination was carried out at around 6500 centres across the state on Monday. Vaccination is now being carried out on all days and it was done at around 2400 government vaccination centres on Saturday compared to more than 4000 centres on Friday.

Vaccination of pregnant women had also started in the state from July 23 onwards however the vaccination of expecting women will be carried out on Tuesdays and Fridays.

Among the districts where maximum doses were administered on Monday include Chhindwara district where 42577 doses were administered, then it was Indore district where 32993 doses were administered, then it was Balaghat district where 17859 doses were administered, followed by Jabalpur where 16513 doses were administered.

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