JAIPUR: The state received 4.6 lakh doses of Covid vaccines supplied by the Centre on Monday, bringing the total number of vaccines received in July to around 49 lakh doses.
Till 6pm on Monday, 1,81,761 vaccine doses were administered, out of those 52,166 were first doses and 1,29,595 were second doses.
Scaling up the vaccination drive, the health department in Jaipur vaccinated 115 labourers, who were among those who were left out from the drive. “Our team reached Triveni Nagar and vaccinated people in slum of labourers near the nullah,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officer (Jaipur-I).
In the state, 18 new Covid infections were found on Monday, bringing its overall tally to 9,53,560. No death has been reported. The death toll now stands at 8,952.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (5), Alwar (4), Jodhpur (2), Nagaur (2),Udaipur (2), Churu (1), Sriganganagar (1) and Hanumangarh (1).
The health department is strengthening its healthcare infrastructure in rural areas amid fear of third wave of Covid-19. Health minister Raghu Sharma said that more than 18,000 medical institutions in the state are getting equipped with modern medical facilities. The effort of the government is on strengthening medical facilities in rural areas. Besides, the capacity of Covid testing has increased to 1.5 lakh tests per day, he added.
