NASHIK: The slight rise in Covid cases in Nashik city has prompted a few more beneficiaries, who are 60 years and above, to take their precaution dose at the government vaccination centres.
District vaccination coordinator Ganesh Misal said that before the rise in cases, the footfall of these beneficiaries was around 500 a day. The number has now increased to over 700 daily across the district.
“The rise in number of covid active cases in the district is attracting the people towards vaccination. Perhaps the spread is reminding people that the threat of covid is far from over and hence, they are now taking up the precautionary doses,” Misal said.
Of the 57.4 lakh eligible population of Nashik district, 51.14 lakh persons (89%) have taken their first dose and 43.4 lakh (75.6%) have taken their second dose of the vaccine. Total of 1.5 lakh persons have taken their precautionary doses.
139 active cases in
Nashik district
Nashik district today has 139 active cases with 99 of them being reported from Nashik Municipal Corporation, 31 from Nashik rural. There is only one active case in Malegaon corporation area. Only one patient is admitted in the hospital for treatment, while all others are either without any symptoms or have mild symptoms. Nashik city now has the positivity rate of 6%.
