Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Mizoram lag behind other states in administering second dose of COVID-19 vaccinations

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Chhattisgarh, Punjab, and Mizoram lag behind other states in administering second dose of COVID-19 vaccinations
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  • Indian government has been reportedly resisting calls for another nationwide lockdown due to several concerns.
  • The union government has so far supplied over 18 crore vaccination doses free of cost to the states and union territories.
  • India lost over 25,700 people in the first week of May 2021 alone to the pandemic’s second wave.
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Amongst all the states in India — excluding Union Territories (UTs) — Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Mizoram report the lowest percentage in administering the second dose of COVID-19 vaccines.

The percentage of the vaccinated population that has completed both the doses in these states stand at 20, 20 and 21 respectively.

India lost over 25,700 people in the first week of May 2021 alone to the pandemic’s second wave. The cases registered with the private and government run hospitals alone totalled to 2.7 million during this seven day period.

Indian government has been reportedly resisting calls for another nationwide lockdown due to several concerns. However, the state administrations have quickly responded by announcing localised restrictions and curfews.

The union government has so far supplied over 18 crore vaccination doses free of cost to the states and union territories. During the last 24 hours alone over 24 lakhs of Covid-19 doses have been administered.

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The fact that Chhattisgarh, Punjab and Mizoram are trailing behind other states with their lowest percentage of vaccination insists that they must now act quickly to boost up the vaccination programme inside their territories to save more lives.

State/UTPeople who have taken first dosePeople who have taken both the dosesTotal doses administeredPercentage of people who have taken the second dose in total vaccinated population
A & N Islands98,56414,24511280914
Chhattisgarh4957168984556594172420
Punjab3389032683655407268720
Mizoram23514250,40528554721
Madhya Pradesh72730801585930885901022
Haryana3769135839944460907922
Telangana43809201007437538835723
Jharkhand2741173630878337205123
Jammu & Kashmir2251992518548277054023
Himachal Pradesh1708753401731211048424
Meghalaya30228072,25037453024
Manipur28845869,22535768324
Bihar66386561628241826689725
Rajasthan1179338528986021469198725
Maharashtra1515448038119961896647625
Puducherry17764245,91922356126
Odisha50980521350572644862426
Karnataka859975023053691090511927
Dadra & Nagar Haveli40,56610,88251,44827
Uttar Pradesh1113484830066881414153627
Goa32077188,92640969728
Daman & Diu42,51611,94054,45628
Nagaland17783750,24722808428
Assam2499093714213321330629
Delhi3277102966756424385830
Kerala62273921927844815523631
Lakshadweep20,5196,44826,96731
Gujarat1086021337154161457562934
Sikkim16447957,47722195635
Chandigarh19516869,76926493736
Arunachal Pradesh21263476,49928913336
Uttarakhand1841778666114250789236
Tamil Nadu49372441801679673892336
Andhra Pradesh53302762043245737352138
West Bengal879932135144951231381640
Ladakh84,92337,00312192644
Tripura936558498748143530653
Miscellaneous16974801391984308946482
Source: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), data as of 7 a.m., May 13, 2021

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