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Maha records over 1 million jabs in a day
MUMBAI: In a major milestone, Maharashtra administered nearly 1.1 million vaccine doses in a day, first in excess of 1 million, on Saturday. The achievement comes a week after the state nearly touched the one million mark on August 14, when it administered 964,460 doses in a day.
“Till 7pm, Maharashtra administered 1,096,493 doses across 5,200 vaccinations centres in the state. Our previous best was 964,000 doses on August 14,” said Pradeep Vyas, additional chief secretary (health).
As per the data on the CoWin portal, the state’s cumulative tally was 5,321,928, and so far, 14,012,636 citizens are fully vaccinated in the state.
State health minister Rajesh Tope lauded the efforts of health workers and doctors across the state.
“The health department officials and workers today have proved that we can administer over 10 lakh (1 million) doses in a day,” he said, adding that the state has the infrastructure and capabilities to go well past this record as well.
State tourism and environment minister Aaditya Thackeray in a tweet said, “As and when vaccines are received, our healthcare champions from public & private sector ensure max citizens are reached out to.”
Earlier this month, the state went past the 50 million mark in total vaccines administered. The state stands second in the overall doses administered after Uttar Pradesh, which has administered over 63.1 million doses.