BENGALURU: As on date, more than two-thirds of the people eligible to be inoculated in Bengaluru Urban district have been covered with the first dose of vaccines, while more than half of the targeted population in Karnataka has got one jab.
According to the department of health and family welfare, the target population — those above 18 years of age — in the state is more than 4.9 crore. Of these, data accessed from the CoWin app as of 6pm on Friday (August 13, 2021) shows that nearly 53% or more than 2.6 crore people have received the first dose, while 77 lakh have been fully inoculated.
Overall, Karnataka has administered more than 3.4 crore doses — more than 1.6 crore to women and over 1.7 crore to men — with more than 85% of them being Covishield.
Bengaluru Urban district, including areas in BBMP limits, has administered more than 92 lakh doses. As per the government, BBMP limits has a target population of more than 94 lakh and the rest of the Bengaluru Urban district has about 10.6 lakh people. And, of the more than 1 crore people eligible for vaccination in the district (BBMP+rest of the district), more than 72 lakh have received at least one jab, while more than 20 lakh have got both doses.
BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta said: “On average, we receive about 40,000 doses each day, and nearly 40% of the demand right now is for the second dose. Aside from what we are getting each day, private hospitals can also provide around 20,000 doses each day.”
Pointing out that the achievement in Bengaluru, especially, in the BBMP limits has been commendable, Gupta said that the BBMP, however, will not be going easy on implementation of Covid norms.
‘Priority to contain fresh cases’
“Given the chances of breakthrough infections and until we have a much higher percentage of people with both doses, we need to be very careful. Our priority is to contain fresh cases for which we need people to follow precautions,” Gupta added.
CoWin data further shows that nationally, India has administered more than 53 crore doses covering more than 41 crore people.
And, among 10 states with the highest number of Covid-19 infections, Uttar Pradesh has administered around 5.6 crore doses followed by Maharashtra (4.8 crore). West Bengal is the only other state to have used more than 3 crore doses.
