Maharashtra on Thursday became one the top most state of the country in administering maximum doses of COVID-19 vaccine. We are also the first state to cross the 5 million doses benchmark, said Dr Pradeep Vyas , Principal Secretary, Health, Maharashtra.
Meanwhile, Maharashtra reported 31,855 new COVID-19 cases, 15098 discharges, and 95 deaths on Wednesday, as per the State Health Department. As a sign of relief, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 5.21 Crore today. A total of 5,21,97,380 vaccine doses have been given, as per the provisional report till 7 pm today.
With this, the total COVID count in the state escalated to 25,64,881 including 2,47,299 active cases and 22,62,593 total recoveries. The total death toll touched 53,684 including the new deaths.
"Five States--Maharashtra, Punjab, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, and Gujarat are reporting a surge in the COVID daily new cases. These states account for 77.44 pc of the new cases. 47,262 new cases were registered in the last 24 hours," read the release by Union Health Ministry.