As a share of population, Delhi (12 doses per 1,000 population) has the best coverage as of Wednesday, followed by Jammu and Kashmir (12), Uttarakhand (11) and Gujarat (11).
Nationally, this figure stands at only 6.8, even though India’s total vaccination count is the fourth highest in the world. Israel has already vaccinated more than 30% of its population, shows data from Our World in Data.The fully-vaccinated population share is 4.5% in the US and 3% in Denmark.One reason India lags is that it has prioritized only healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase.
A much larger section of the population—the elderly and those with comorbid conditions—are due to start getting their shots in March.N.K.