India on Thursday achieved the 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine dose milestone. This comes just over nine months after the nationwide inoculation drive started on January 16, 2021.

Despite the vaccination drive picking up pace, opposition parties have questioned the government over its promise to administer both the doses of the vaccine to the country’s entire adult population by December.

Congress spokesperson Gourav Vallabh said on Wednesday that India has 95 crore adults, according to the last census and it remains to be seen how the government covers all of them in the 70 days left in this year.

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The Left parties too questioned if the country will achieve the year-end target of vaccinating all adult population against COVID-19 when only 31 per cent people have received both doses till now.

Hindustan Times reported that around 75 per cent of all adults have received the first dose of the vaccine and 31 per cent have been administered both the doses. Among the states, Uttar Pradesh has administered the most vaccine doses (above 12 crore), followed by Maharashtra and Gujarat.

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The numbers for state wise vaccination coverage has been listed on the MyGov website. Here are the list of states with respective coverage of vaccination:

1. Uttar Pradesh 12,08,84,032

2. Maharashtra 9,23,34,244

3. West Bengal 6,82,34,821

4. Gujarat 6,73,60,662

5. Madhya Pradesh 6,67,91,915

6. Bihar 6,30,50,262

7. Karnataka 6,13,46,876

8. Rajasthan 6,07,81,180

9. Tamil Nadu 5,34,97,377

10. Andhra Pradesh 4,77,28,693

The Centre has planned a series of events to mark the 1 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine. While Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya will release a song on the occasion, the country’s largest Khadi flag will be displayed at the historic Red Fort.

ANI reported that BJP National President JP Nadda will visit Uttar Pradesh’s Ghaziabad on Thursday to express his gratitude on the occasion.