Over 1 crore vaccine doses available with states, UTs, says Centre

NEW DELHI: More than one crore doses are currently available with the states and UTs, whereas over 80 lakh additional doses will be received by them in the next three days, the

Centre

said underlining that vaccination continues to be a crucial part of its

Covid

management strategy.


States like UP, Maharashtra, Bihar,

Gujarat

and

Jharkhand

have the largest balance availability of doses at present. The Centre has so far provided nearly 15.7 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs free of cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 14.6 crore doses.

Recent reports quoting some government officials from Maharashtra have pointed out that the state has exhausted vaccine doses, thereby adversely impacting the vaccination drive. “It is clarified that the total Covid vaccine doses received by Maharashtra as on April 27 (at 8am) are 1,58,62,470. Of this, the total consumption, including wastage (0.22%), was 1,49,39,410,” health ministry said.

“Balance of 9,23,060 doses is still available with the state for administration of vaccine doses to the eligible population groups. Furthermore, 3,00,000 doses of Covid vaccines are in the pipeline for delivery in the next three days,” the ministry stated.

Till Tuesday (8pm), a total of nearly 2.5 crore people were fully vaccinated with two doses of Covid shots. Over 10 crore people above 45 years of age have received the first dose of the vaccines, of these over 1.2 crore have received their second doses too.