4 crore vaccine doses administered in TS

94% first dose coverage so far

Telangana has successfully administered over 4 crore COVID vaccine doses so far, with about 2.63 lakh of the targetted 2.78 lakh population taking the first dose, which is about 94%, and 51% for the second dose with 14.1 lakh of the targetted 2.78 lakh taking the second dose.

Health Minister Harish Rao in a tweet on Thursday congratulated citizens for reaching this milestone and appealed to everyone to stay safe and get themselves and their loved ones vaccinated at the earliest. About 1,63,970 took the first dose on Thursday and 1,93,232 the second dose, taking the total to 3,57,202.

This takes the cumulative vaccine coverage to 2,62,11,799 taking the first dose and 1,40,67,216 taking the second dose, which means 4,02,79,015 got vaccinated so far. This leaves about 15.6 lakh to take the first dose and 22.8 lakh to take the second dose and overall another 38.4 lakh for total vaccination of 18 years and above population, as per the official bulletin.