66% adult population of India has received at least one Covid vaccine dose

Union Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on September 23 informed that 66 per cent of the adult population of the country has received at least one dose of Covid vaccine. Six states/UTs have covered 100 per cent of the first doses to their population. These are Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Goa, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, and Sikkim. Four states/UTs have more than 90 per cent coverage of the first dose - these are Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Kerala, Ladakh, and Uttarakhand,” he said.