Hyderabad: The highest vaccination coverage in one day has so far in the state achieved on Friday with a dose of Lakh 5.27 lakh given.
While the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has completed 96% of the first dose coverage, so far other parts of the country have reached 50% coverage of the first dose.
The State Health Authority has established an individual 2.8 crore vaccination target in the next four weeks.
The Ministry of Health has increased vaccination by making a special drive over the past two weeks.
“So far, the total 1.54 crore of the first dose has been given, which is almost 54% of the population above 18 years, and 20% have been given a second dose.
In the last three days, we have provided an average of 5 doses of lakh and we will Providing about 1 dose of crore in the next four weeks, so that at least one dose is complete for the entire population targeted before the third wave attacks, “said Dr.
G Srinivasa Rao, Director of Public Health, Telangana.
Among the various districts, Hyderabad, Rangeddy, Medchal, Warangal (Urban), Karimnagar, Rajanna-Sircilla and Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri are seven are seven in terms of vaccination coverage.
Among the regencies with the least coverage is Nagarurna, Adilabad, Wanaparthy, Vicarabad, Kumarambheem, and Jogulamba Gadwal.
Meanwhile, among various categories of beneficiaries including health care workers, frontline workers, those aged 45 and above and between 18 years and 45 years, most of the 45-year-old people have been given the second dose.
This category contributed 33.9 lakh of a total of 58 lakh second doses managed in the state.
The maximum number of first doses has been given to those aged between 18 years and 45 years.
Even when the Ministry of Health races against time to complete vaccination given the celebration season after starting and the expected surge after the season, some isolated cases are reported.
“The number of Covid-19 cases is low.
We don’t see clusters but most are isolated, sporadic cases so far.
Unless there is a new variant of the virus, we don’t expect a surge in case,” added the official.