A day after a spat between the state and Centre over the COVID-19 vaccine supply, on Thursday, Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope reiterated that BJP-ruled states got more doses of the vaccines. According to Tope, the BJP-ruled Uttar Pradesh got 48 lakh doses, Madhya Pradesh got 40 lakh doses, Gujarat got 30 lakh doses and Haryana 24 lakh doses per week. “Our supply is disproportionate to the spike and the daily need,” he said. 

Tope said that Maharashtra, which has a population of 12 crore, has received 1.04 crore doses so far, while neighbouring Gujarat, with a population of six crore and 17,000 active cases, has got one crore doses. Maharashtra has the maximum number of active patients — around 4.5 lakh as on date, while its total caseload has crossed the 30 lakh-mark, he said. He said Satara, Sangli, Panvel have stopped vaccination while Buldhana had only Thursday’s vaccine doses left in stock.