NEW DELHI: More men are protected against the coronavirus than women, at least if vaccination figures are anything to go by.
So far, 42.3 lakh men in Delhi and 30.5 lakh women have been administered one or both doses of the anti-Covid vaccine.
On Saturday, Delhi added another two lakh to the 72 lakh that have received the jab in the city, the highest single-day number since vaccination began in January.
An elated deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said in a tweet: “Vaccination in Delhi is happening at a record pace! For the last three days we have vaccinated more than 1.5 lakh beneficiaries.
Today, surpassing all previous records, Delhi vaccinated 2,05,170 persons! This is how we are going to protect Delhi from the 3rd wave!” Of the 72, 82, 653 individuals inoculated till 4pm on Saturday, the highest number of people belonged to the 18-44 age group, followed by the 45-60 year olds, while around 16.4 lakh people above 60 years rolled up their sleeves for the injection.
With 8.4 lakh vaccinations, South district leads among the 11 districts in vaccination coverage.
Of those who got the jab, 55,88,759 are first timers and 16,93,894 those who have gone for their second shots.
The gender breakdown reveals that 42,33,080 males and 30,48,167 females are now protected.
Among them, 52,32,905 individuals were given the Covishield vaccine and 20,48,513, Covaxin.
A very negligible number of individuals, just 0.018%, have reported adverse events following vaccination.
The vaccination figures reveal that half of the capital’s eligible population has received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Meanwhile, Aam Aadmi Party MLA Atishi demanded that the central government give at least 45 lakh vaccines to Delhi government in July.
Delhi received 58,000 doses of Covaxin on Friday and 53,000 of Covishield.
“For the past month, we have been repeatedly asking the Centre to give us vaccines for the youth because young Delhiites want to be vaccinated, knowing it is the only way to avoid the third Covid wave,” Atishi said while releasing the vaccination bulletin for Friday.
The AAP MLA Atishi said that the youth of Delhi are registering themselves through the CoWIN app.
She added, “Now walk-in vaccination is also being allowed at all the centres in Delhi.
Many youngsters are availing the walk-in facility.
It is because of this that we are able to carry out a large number of vaccinations.
The pace of vaccination in Delhi is increasing with each passing day.” She continued, “As the number of people getting the vaccine continues to grow, so does the number of people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Due to this, not only are those people becoming protected, but the whole of Delhi is also becoming safer because as the number of vaccinated people increases, the potential third wave of Covid will only spread at a much slower rate.” With 8.4 lakh vaccines in stock, Delhi could immunise people for five more days at the current pace, so Atishi has written a letter to the Centre requesting it for 45 lakh doses due to the city’s fast pace of inoculation at the rate of 1.5 lakh per day.
It is only in this manner that the capital can vaccinate the citizens in time to prevent a third wave.