BHOPAL: A total of 22,142 doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered in the state on Tuesday.
These 22,142 beneficiaries also include those who were vaccinated at private hospitals and also the pregnant women, who were vaccinated at the government hospitals in the state.
Sources from the health department said that of the total beneficiaries at least 18,000 are pregnant women who have been vaccinated, as on an average between 2,500-3,000 vaccinations are done at private hospitals in a day.
Overall including the vaccinations carried out on Tuesday. So far a total of around 2.90 crore vaccine doses have been administered in the state till now. Around 73 lakh people aged above 18 years have been vaccinated till now with the first dose and around 3,7792 beneficiaries among these have received both the doses of vaccines till now, said sources. Vaccination of pregnant women had started in the state from Friday onwards.
The vaccination of expecting women will be carried out on Tuesdays and Fridays when only universal vaccination is carried out, said sources. The state government has set a target of administering at least one dose to all the 5.7 crore eligible beneficiaries of the state by the end of September this year.
