Nagpur: In 11 districts of Vidarbha, over 16,301 people took Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday which was the highest on a single day since the rollout of the vaccination programme on January 16. In all, 10,948 from the 60 and above age group and those 45 and above with specified comorbidities took the jab in the region on Wednesday.
The number of vaccinated people will be much more than 16,301 on Thursday. The data released by the state’s public health department did not include vaccination of Amravati district, probably due to the delay in sending data by the district to the government.
Despite the start of the inoculation for the age-appropriate group along with the first and second dose for healthcare workers (HCW) and first dose of frontline workers (FLW), the number did not increase in the region in the first two days. In all, 6,460, including 1,805 from the age-appropriate group turned out for the inoculation on Monday. The number increased to 9,181 on Tuesday of which 4,850 were senior citizens and comorbid.
It means that the number of beneficiaries from age-appropriate group doubled on Wednesday compared to that of Tuesday.
This is for the fifth time when the number of beneficiaries crossed 10,000 on a single day. 10,436 were vaccinated on February 18, 10,688 on February 20, 12,827 on February 22 and 10,122 on February 26.
A good response is being witnessed from the age-appropriate group for vaccination across the region. There is no apprehension towards Covaxin among age-appropriate group.
All districts are likely to increase the number of vaccination centres on Thursday as crowding was witnessed at many centres. This will increase the number of beneficiaries in the region on Thursday and further.
The issue of the availability of the vaccine was also over a day ago. Eleven districts of the region received 2,21,800 doses on Tuesday.
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