Lagos, Kano and Kaduna states are leading with the highest number of people vaccinated for COVID-19 as Nigeria vaccinated 1,133,325 people with a single dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine as of yesterday.
However, even as many Nigerians were hesitant about the vaccination, fresh facts have emerged that the Oxford -AstraZeneca COVID vaccine facilitated through support from the COVAX facility to the federal government will expire by July 9, 2021.
An update on the ongoing vaccination across the country, released by the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), showed that on the whole, vaccination in all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has progressed to 56.3 per cent.
The statistics showed that Lagos State is still leading in the number of persons vaccinated with 218,174, followed by Kano, 59,040 and Kaduna with 58,026.
The vaccination figures showed that Abia has 11,163; Adamawa, 20,446; Akwa Ibom, 12,729 ; Anambra, 11,755,; Bauchi, 36,458; Bayelsa, 10,751; Benue, 22,727; Borno, 22,081; Cross River, 15,710,; Delta, 21,859; Ebonyi, 9,567; Edo, 29,685; Ekiti, 23,434,; Enugu, 13,076; FCT, 52,348; Gombe, 27,354; Imo, 19,803; Jigawa, 28,901; Kaduna, 58,026; Kano, 59,040; Katsina, 39,646; Kebbi, 16,146 and Kogi, 12,040
Others are: Kwara, 31,260; Nasarawa, 17,927; Niger, 27,449; Ogun, 53,314; Ondo, 31,579; Osun, 21,387; Oyo, 40,122; Plateau, 28,922; Rivers, 29,926; Sokoto, 11,975; Taraba, 9,335; Yobe, 21,123 and Zamfara, 16,088.
