Karnataka crosses 7 crore mark in COVID-19 vaccination
The Hindu
State is in sixth place in coverage; Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are on top two
With the total number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in Karnataka crossing the seven crore mark on Saturday, the State is inching towards achieving 100% inoculation. With 2,83,338 doses administered till 6 p.m. on Saturday, the total number of doses touched 7,01,99,026. Of these 2,65,27,346 are second doses.
With a target population of 4.89 crore, the State had a task of administering a total of 9.78 crore doses (first and second doses included). With 7.01 crore doses administered till Saturday, the State has achieved a cumulative coverage of 71.67%. The challenge is to administer the remaining 2.76 crore doses. As of Saturday, the State had a stock of 90,76,172 doses.