The Union Health Ministry has said that  India has become the third top-most country in the world after the US and the UK in terms of coverage in Covid-19 vaccination among the population,

The country has vaccinated nearly six million of its population so far, as per the latest information shared by the government.  "As of 7th February 2021, till 8 a.m., a total of 57,75,322 beneficiaries have received the Covid-19 vaccine under the countrywide vaccination exercise. The cumulative vaccination coverage includes 53,04,546 healthcare workers and 4,70,776 frontline workers," the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Meanwhile, the Union ministry also said that 12 states in India have vaccinated more than two lakh beneficiaries each. Uttar Pradesh alone accounts for 6,73,542 of all vaccinated beneficiaries. "In the last 24 hours, 3,58,473 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 8,875 sessions. 1,15,178 sessions have been conducted so far," it added.

The Union Health Ministry had shared on Saturday that 13 states have covered more than 60 % of its healthcare workers in the vaccination drive. These states include Bihar (76.6 %) Madhya Pradesh (76.1 %) Tripura (76 %) Uttarakhand (71.5%) Mizoram (69.7%) Uttar Pradesh (69 %) Kerala (68.1%) Odisha (67.6 %) Rajasthan (67.3%) Himachal Pradesh (66.8%) Lakshadweep (64.5%) Andaman & Nicobar Islands (62.9 %) and Chattisgarh (60.5%).

However, it also added that 12 states fared poorly in terms of vaccinating their healthcare workers, including Delhi which has only covered 37.1 % of them. The least on the chart is Puducherry which has vaccinated only 13.1 % of its healthcare workers.

The inoculation exercise to administer the first dose of Covid vaccines started with the healthcare workers first from January 16, whereas the frontline workers started receiving vaccine shots from February 2.

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