Over 440 million vaccine doses administered in India so far: Health ministry

In another significant achievement, Maharashtra on Monday became the first state to inoculate more than 10 million people with both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, it said. The ministry said that 5,748,692 vaccine doses have been administered on Monday, according to the 7 pm provisional report.

The cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 440 million, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the age group 18-44 years.

In another significant achievement, Maharashtra on Monday became the first state to inoculate more than 10 million people with both doses of Covid-19 vaccine, it said.

The ministry said that 5,748,692 vaccine doses have been administered on Monday, according to the 7 pm provisional report.

It said 720,900 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 349,496 doses as second in the age group 18-44 years on Monday.

Cumulatively, 141,955,995 persons in the age group 18-44 years across the country have received their first dose and 6572,678 their second dose since the start of phase-3 of the vaccination drive.

Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have administered more than 1 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the age group 18-44 years.

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Kerala, Telangana, Himachal Pradesh, Odisha, Punjab, Uttarakhand and West Bengal have vaccinated more than 10 lakh beneficiaries of the age group 18-44 years for the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the ministry said.