lucknow in a relief amid renewed concerns over the new strain of coronavirus uttar pradesh has become the first state in the country to have over five crore fully vaccinated peoplethis means that every third person in the state has taken both the doses of the vaccine against the coronavirus data from the state health department indicates that against the target of over 1504 crore eligible population at least 502 crore people have taken both the doses while 1122 crore population has taken at least one dose of the vaccinean official statement from the government lauded the efforts of health workers across the state for making the programme a success the total number of doses given in the state is the highest in the country over 1624 crore doses of vaccine have been administered in the state the statement saiddata from cowin portal indicated that 12405 crore doses of the vaccine have been administered in the country in terms of population 7902 crore people have taken the first dose while 4503 crore population is fully vaccinatedas compared to the national picture up accounts for 13 of the total doses administered in the country in terms of percentage 14 of indias partially vaccinated population belongs to up while 111 of the fully vaccinated indian population lives in uttar pradeshdata also shows that up is way ahead of other states on the top five list in maharashtra which is ups nearest contender the total number of doses administered is 1142 crore it is followed by west bengal 927 crore madhya pradesh 864 crore and bihar 817 crore dosesamong districts lucknow is home to maximum number of fully vaccinated people followed by ghaziabad agra kanpur gautam budh nagar and jaunpur12 new covid cases in stateat least 12 new cases and nine recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours one death was reported in the last 24 hours taking the total to 22911 currently there are 89 active covid19 cases in the state