Covid-19: 65% of record 27 lakh vaccines given to Uttar Pradesh rural population

LUCKNOW: Over 65% of the total vaccinations on Tuesday, when UP created a record of more than 27 lakh vaccinations in a day, were done in rural areas of state.
“There is visible enthusiasm for vaccine in the people and the way it is picking up in villages is extremely encouraging,” said a senior officer.
Meanwhile, the total number of doses given in state reached 5.21 crore with 3.35 lakh vaccinations on Wednesday. The number of first dose takers reached 4.39 lakh while that of fully vaccinated reached 81.38 lakh.
This means that 31.3% of the eligible population in state has taken at least one dose of vaccine while 5.8% are fully vaccinated. Officials pointed out that second dose vaccinations will pick up in August. On the other hand, 61 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours taking the total number of cases to 17,08,623. Of these, 16,85,170 have recovered including 45 in the past 24 hours. This speaks for a Covid-19 recovery rate of 98.6%.
The bulletin indicated that 61 new cases were reported from 30 districts with Lucknow accounting for 17 cases followed by Lakhimpur Kheri with seven. It may be noted that 10 districts have become free from Covid-19.
It also showed that active cases have reached 686 with 56 districts accounting for 20 or fewer active cases.
Experts reiterated the importance of Covid appropriate behaviour stating new cases were on the rise in many states and the virus was still killing people. In UP, two Covid-19 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours.