<span style="color: #222222;">The Health Ministry today said that over 203 crore 42 lakh vaccine doses have been provided to States and Union Territories so far through the Centre's free-of-cost channel and through direct state procurement category. It said, more than two crore 40 lakh balance and unutilised COVID vaccine doses are still available with the States and UTs to be administered.<br />''<br />''As part of the Nationwide Vaccination Drive, the Centre has been supporting the States and Union Territories by providing them COVID vaccines free of cost.<br />''<br />''In the new phase of the universalisation of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, the Centre procures and supplies free of cost 75 per cent of the vaccines being produced by the vaccine manufacturers in the country for States and UTs.</span><br />