A record number of over nine lakh people were administered the coronavirus vaccine on Sunday in the mega vaccination drive undertaken across Andhra Pradesh.
In the process, the state also crossed the one-crore mark in the administration of the first dose of the vaccine. So far, 1,13,91,200 people got the first dose and 27,02,159 the second dose since the vaccination programme began on January 16.
A sum of 1,33,93,359 vaccine doses (first and second) were administered till date. The vaccination drive, with focus on people over the age of 45 years and mothers with children under five years, began at 6am in more than 2,000 locations in all 13 districts of the state.
By 7 PM, 13,00,361 people were inoculated, according to the health department data.
The two Godavari districts, East and West, topped the list with 1.52 lakh and 1.51 lakh vaccinations today.
In Krishna district, 1.35 lakh people, Visakhapatnam 1.10 lakh, Srikakulam 88,351, Guntur 1.04 lakh, SPS Nellore 78,240, Prakasam 95,840, Chittoor 97,685, Kurnool 76,196, Anantapuramu 80,691, Kadapa 70,542 and Vizianagaram 58,003 got the jab.
On April 14, as many as 6,28,961 people were vaccinated in the State, then a record high in a day in the country.
