PRAYAGRAJ: With Sangam city accomplishing a major milestone in Covid vaccination and over 22 lakh doses administered across the district so far, nearly 38 per cent of the city’s total targeted recipients (46.10 lakh) have received at least one dose of Covid vaccine, whereas around 10 per cent has got both the doses.
In the 18-44 year age group — for whom vaccines are currently being administered across the district — over 12.45 lakh doses including 10,59,044 of the first dose and 1,86,387 of the second dose have been administered, while 5.10 lakh doses including 3,86,675 of the first dose and 1,23,636 of the second dose were administered to recipients aged between 45 and 60 years.
The figures revealed that over 3.24 lakh jabs including 2,35,239 of the first dose and 89,219 of the second dose were also given to people aged above 60 years in Sangam city.
Moreover, as many as 58,197 doses including 34,209 of the first dose and 23,988 of the second dose were also given to healthcare workers while 68,463 doses including 41,604 of the first dose and 26,859 of the second dose were also given to the frontline workers in the city so far. As of September 13, a total of 22,06,860 doses including 17,56,771 of the first dose and 4,50,089 of the second dose were given to all eligible recipients in the city so far.
District immunization officer and additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Dr Teerath Lal told TOI that, "Out of the total 22.06 lakh doses given so far, around 12.45 lakh doses were given to youngsters aged between 18 and 44 years which was two and a half times more than the people aged between 45 and 60 years. He further added that over 56 per cent of recipients aged between 18 and 44 years and 37 per cent of the people aged over 45 years were given jabs so far in the district. Moreover, efforts are also underway to administer 50 per cent of target recipients this week. ACMO, meanwhile, said, “With 37 per cent of the targeted recipients taking the first dose, the number of recipients who have been administered the first dose stands at 17,56,771 recipients. He added that a target of immunizing around 46.10 lakh recipients of all age groups has been set, including 34 lakh recipients aged between 18-44 years and 12.10 lakh above 45 years”.
With improved supplies, the pace of vaccination has also increased, particularly from the last week of August. Daily average vaccinations have improved in September and on average, over 30,000 jabs were given daily. Over 3.54 lakh doses were given in just 10 days of this month against a total of 5.18 lakh jabs given in all of August. Moreover, over 3.03 lakh and 3.42 lakh people were given jabs in the months of June and July respectively.
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