NAVI MUMBAI: More than 98% of the eligible population in the NMMC area has got the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine—the highest in Mumbai Metropolitan Region.
Moreover, 50% of the eligible population has got both the doses. According to the revised eligible population figure compiled by the state government, 11.1 lakh people in the city need to be vaccinated against the earlier number of 10.8 lakh.
By comparsion, in Thane, 50.3% of the adult population has got the first shot and Mumbai 91.6% according to the BMC, though as per CoWin, the figure is higher at 94.6%.
NMMC has been holding mega drives to achieve the target of vaccinating 100% of the eligible population with at least the first dose in the next few days. NMMC officials said it took a long time to cross the 96% first dose figure to 97% due to an increase in beneficiaries as per the state’s survey. NMMC commissioner Abhijit Bangar said the state recently sent the review report of eligible vaccine beneficiaries, according to which the number has risen by 27,000. “We are inching closer to the 100% first dose vaccination. It will take hardly a week to complete the task.”
