“As on March 12, only 23.9 lakh vaccinations have been administered as part of Covid-19 vaccination drive, thereby leaving adequate stocks available with the state for increasing the pace of vaccination in districts showing an active case surge,” he wrote. Maharashtra accounts for only 7% of fully vaccinated people, even as it reported 56% of active cases in the country. Among the top 10 districts with highest caseload in the country, eight are in Maharashtra.
Cautioning against the start of a “second wave” of the pandemic in Maharashtra, the Centre said measures like weekend lockdowns and night curfews had a “very limited impact on containing or suppressing the transmission”.