Minority-dominated areas score in Covid-19 vaccination in 17 of 27 states

When it came to the first dose, 19 states administered more doses in districts where the Muslim population is higher than average

Since the central government ann­ou­n­ced “free for all” vaccines, the pace of vaccination has picked up. In May, India was administering 2 million doses daily; and by September it was re­c­o­rding 7.9 million daily average doses. The free-for-all vaccination has helped bridge the social divide. A Business Standard analysis shows that in 17 of the 27 states for which data is available, districts with a larger share of Muslim population have fully vaccinated more people than those where the minority population is lower than average. For simplicity, the analysis excludes union territories (except Delhi) and six territories where 100 per