The government of India has started COVID-19 vaccination for Health Care Workers in the country on 16th January 2021. All the States and Union Territories have been provided with the COVID-19 vaccines.
The State/UT-wise target population of Health Care Workers is as below:
State/UT-wise details of Health Care Workers to be vaccinated
S. No. | State/UT | The target of Health Care Workers (State Govt., Central Govt. and Private sector) |
1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 5,058 |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | 4,38,990 |
3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 24,551 |
4 | Assam | 2,10,359 |
5 | Bihar | 4,68,790 |
6 | Chandigarh | 18,890 |
7 | Chhattisgarh | 2,73,442 |
8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 4,220 |
9 | Daman and Diu | 1,440 |
10 | Delhi | 2,78,343 |
11 | Goa | 19,181 |
12 | Gujarat | 5,16,425 |
13 | Haryana | 2,24,376 |
14 | Himachal Pradesh | 79,551 |
15 | Jammu and Kashmir | 1,14,426 |
16 | Jharkhand | 1,63,844 |
17 | Karnataka | 7,73,362 |
18 | Kerala | 4,07,016 |
19 | Ladakh | 5,857 |
20 | Lakshadweep | 895 |
21 | Madhya Pradesh | 4,29,981 |
22 | Maharashtra | 9,36,857 |
23 | Manipur | 45,071 |
24 | Meghalaya | 33,234 |
25 | Mizoram | 15,534 |
26 | Nagaland | 21,503 |
27 | Odisha | 3,59,653 |
28 | Puducherry | 24,970 |
29 | Punjab | 1,97,481 |
30 | Rajasthan | 5,24,218 |
31 | Sikkim | 10,691 |
32 | Tamil Nadu | 5,32,605 |
33 | Telangana | 3,45,775 |
34 | Tripura | 47,035 |
35 | Uttar Pradesh | 9,06,752 |
36 | Uttarakhand | 1,00,433 |
37 | West Bengal | 7,00,418 |
Total (excluding 200 null) | 92,61,227 |
The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha here today.