Over 2.75 crore unutilised vaccine doses still available with states, private hospitals:Govt

New Delhi: More than 2.75 crore balance and unutilized COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the  states, UTs and private hospitals to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday.

Over 43.87 crore vaccine doses have been provided to states and UTs so far through all sources and a further 71,40,000 doses are in the pipeline, it said.

Of this, the total consumption including wastage is 41,12,30,353 doses.

The new phase of universalisation of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from June 21.