LUCKNOW: Listing a new milestone in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, Uttar Pradesh pipped Maharashtra to become the first Indian state with over 3 crore fully vaccinated people.
The number of eligible persons for Covid-19 vaccine in the state is 15.04 crore.
As per data from the Cowin portal, 3.01 crore persons in UP have taken both the doses of the vaccine. Data also indicated that in Maharashtra 2.99 crore persons had taken both the doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.
Maharashtra, however, is ahead of UP when it comes to the overall share of fully vaccinated persons vis-à-vis totally vaccinated persons. In UP every fifth eligible person in the state has taken both the doses of the vaccine whereas in Maharashtra, 45% of the vaccinated persons have taken both the doses.
Health officials pointed out that the hard work put in by field workers, sustained availability of vaccines and accurate strategy was responsible for the achievement. They also said that people of the state also owe a share in the success by taking their due dose. They also reiterated that it was important for everyone to take their due vaccine as both the doses together provide 96.5% defence against complications that land a person to hospital in case they take ill with Covid-19.
Among UP districts, Lucknow has the maximum number of fully immunized persons. Here 13.95 lakh persons have taken both the doses. Ghaziabad (10.14 lakh), Gautam Budh Nagar (9.39 lakh), Gorakhpur (8.34 lakh) and Kanpur (8.07 lakh) follow next.
Meanwhile, health officials urged people of the state to adhere to the Covid-19 prevention norm whether they have taken the vaccine to keep any kind of trouble away. They also informed that two cases and four recoveries were reported in the past 24 hours while the state was left with just 97 active cases.
The official Covid-19 bulletin indicated that the active cases were present in 33 districts only. Of the total, 56% active cases were concentrated in five districts with Lucknow (23) and Gautam Budh Nagar (16) accounting for the maximum load.
