Now, 45% adults in state, 74% in city fully vaxxed

With vaccination picking up pace, the state has managed to cover 45% of its adult population with both doses of the vaccine against Covid-19. The state’s full vaccination proportion, though, is lower than the national average of 49%. Among districts, Mumbai is ahead of all in Maharashtra, having vaccinated nearly 74% with both shots.

- Sumitra Deb Roy

Mumbai: Union health ministry officials on Thursday said more than 125 crore doses have been administered in the country to cover 49% of the adult population with both shots and 84.3% with at least one. They said the single-dose coverage increased by nearly 6% in the country due to the Har Ghar Dastak campaign while in Maharashtra it rose by 6.8%. The second dose coverage too rose by 11.7% in the country since the door-to-door campaign started on November 3.