First dose coverage: Karnataka in first position among major States

Bengaluru Urban, Gadag, and Vijayapura have achieved 100% coverage of first jab

With 94.57% of the 4.89 crore eligible population in the State having been jabbed with the first dose till Thursday, Karnataka has moved up to the first position among larger States in terms of first dose vaccination.

Karnataka, which stood in the third position in first dose administration till a week ago, is now followed by Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh where 94.46% and 93.83% of the target population has been covered with one dose, according to data from CoWIN.

From 21,013 average vaccinations per day in January when COVID-19 vaccination was rolled out, the State’s daily average vaccinations shot up to 4,83,144 in September, the highest. September also saw 1,40,11,162 doses administered, the highest so far. While a total of 91,15,528 doses were administered in November, over 53% (48,73,88%) of this number have been administered in the last nine days alone this month. In fact, vaccinations have picked up since November 26, following growing concern over Omicron, the new variant.