new delhi the union health ministry on friday said that 449 lakh covid19 vaccine doses will be received by the states and uts within the next three daysmore than 3363 crore vaccine doses have been provided by the centre and uts so far through the government of india free of cost channel and direct state procurement categoryof this the total consumption including wastage is 337322514 doses the ministry said in a statementthe union government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of covid19 vaccination throughout the country it saidthe new phase of universalisation of covid19 vaccination commenced from june 21the vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines advance visibility of vaccine availability to states and uts for enabling better planning by them and streamlining the vaccine supply chainvaccine doses administered the cumulative covid19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 34 crore on friday the union health ministry also saida total of 94103985 persons in the age group of 1844 across all states and uts have received their first dose and 2273477 received the second dose it saidthe ministry said 340076232 vaccine doses were administered as per the provisional report till 7 am with over 42 lakh 4264123 doses being given in a span of 24 hourson day167 of the vaccination drive july 1 2021 out of the total 4264123 vaccine doses that were given 3280998 beneficiaries were vaccinated for the first dose and 983125 beneficiaries received the second dose of vaccine it saidthe ministry said 2451539 vaccine doses were administered as first dose and 89027 vaccine doses as second dose in the age group 1844 on thursdayeight states uttar pradesh madhya pradesh rajasthan tamil nadu bihar gujarat karnataka and maharashtra have administered more than 50 lakh first dose of covid19 vaccine in the age group 1844 it saidthe vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from covid19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level the ministry said