Gujarat crosses 2-crore mark in administering COVID-19 vaccine doses: Govt
Gujarat on Saturday crossed the two crore mark in the administration of COVID-19 doses which is a brand new milestone, the state well being division stated. A complete of two,00,30,392 vaccine doses have been administered to beneficiaries from totally different age teams up to now, together with 45 lakh second doses, it stated.
“The two-crore vaccine dose milestone was crossed with 2,94,583 beneficiaries getting inoculated in a single day on Saturday,” the division stated in a launch.
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani congratulated employees members of the well being division on this achievement, stated a launch issued by the Chief Minister’s Office.
“Gujarat has expanded the COVID-19 vaccination drive by inoculating 3 lakh people every day, with the state leading in per million vaccination ranking,” the CMO stated.
With this, a complete of 19,42,897 beneficiaries in the precedence group of well being employees have acquired their first dose of the vaccine and 11,01,568 have acquired the second dose up to now.
In the precedence group of the individuals in the age group of 45 years and above, a complete of 99,41,234 individuals have acquired their first dose and 33,82,627 individuals bought their second dose as effectively, the division stated.
“For the people in the age group of 18 to 44 years, 36,02,832 received their first dose and 59,234 their second dose (so far). 2,09,171 out of the 2,94,583 people who received their vaccine dose on Saturday were from the 18-44 category,” it stated. As of Saturday, Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally stood at 8,19,866 whereas the demise toll was 9,991. The state now has 10,863 lively circumstances.
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