Health and Family Welfare Ministry has termed some media reports incorrect wherein it has been alleged that there is vaccine shortage in Maharashtra. The reports further stated that due to lack of vaccine the State Government is unable to increase the pace of vaccination in the state.<br />''  <br />''Terming such reports ill informed, the Ministry clarified that Maharashtra has over 24 lakh unutilized doses of Covaxin and additional six lakh 35 thousand doses have been provided today. It said, as per weekly consumption data available on Co-WIN, the average consumption by Maharashtra for Covaxin to cover the eligible beneficiaries for 15-17 years and for precaution dose is almost 2.94 lakh doses per day. <br />''<br />''Therefore, the State has adequate vaccine doses for about 10 days to cover the eligible beneficiaries with Covaxin. The Ministry said, the state has one crore 24 lakh unutilized vaccine doses of Covishield.<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">        <br />''The Ministry said, the media reports are not factually correct and do not reflect the correct picture of the available stock of balance and unutilized COVID vaccine doses with Maharashtra. </span><br />