A special vaccination camp for cabbies at Meenatai Thackeray Hospital, Nerul, organised by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation on Thursday
MUMBAI: Amid vaccine shortage, the state on Thursday reached a milestone: administering 3.57 crore doses, accounting for almost 10% of the 36.5 crore shots given across the country.
Now, almost a quarter of the eligible adult population in Maharashtra has received at least one shot, and 8.7% are fully vaccinated.
Maharashtra is second only to UP, which has administered over 3.6 crore doses till Thursday. Within the state, Mumbai has vaccinated the most: 59.3 lakh have got one shot, while 12.5 lakh have got both doses.
The feat was marred as the drive slowed again due to insufficient supply of doses this week. The BMC has suspended inoculation for Friday at public centres. The state could barely vaccinate 3.1lakh people on Thursday while Mumbai’s turnout halved to (45,171) compared to the previous day. Immunisation took place only at 115 of the 303 public centres in the city.