covid-19 vaccination on Tuesday, the vaccine uptake remained low across states. Major vaccine hesitancy prevailed in states such as Punjab with only 27.9% beneficiaries turning up for vaccines followed by Puducherry with 34.6% and Tamil Nadu with only 34.9% healthcare workers and frontline workers opting for covid-19 vaccines.The better performing states according to the union health ministry were in terms of vaccination coverage are Lakshadweep (89.3%) followed by Sikkim (85.7%) and Odisha (82.6%).