Maharashtra first state to cross 3 crore COVID-19 vaccinations, says senior state official

Maharashtra has become the first state in the country to administer over 3 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, Dr Pradip Vyas, Additional Chief Secretary (ACS), Health Department, said on Friday.

He said the state successfully crossed the mark at 2 pm on Friday.

A total of 4,80, 954 residents of the state were vaccinated till 7 pm today taking the cumulative count of vaccines administered to 3,02,71,606.

"Maharashtra has been at the forefront of vaccination from the very beginning," Pradip Vyas said.

Maharashtra has the highest number of active COVID-19 cases in the country.

The recovery rate of Maharashtra stands at 95.94 per cent and a total of 57,72,799 patients have recovered from the disease so far.

( With inputs from ANI )

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