New Delhi: Center on Thursday said 66 percent of the adult population of the country has been given at least one dose of vaccine Covid-19, while 23 percent had received the second dose.
Overcoming a press conference, US Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said that 63.7 percent of doses of vaccine have been given in rural areas and 35.4 percent in urban areas.
A total of 68.2 lakh doses (about 0.95 percent) have been granted in Covid vaccination centers that are not marked as rural or urban areas, he said.
Total cumulative dose of vaccine given Covid 19th in the country has crossed the 84 crore, according to data from the portal co-win.
Bhushan said that from 1 May to 22 of September, approximately 6 percent of doses have been given in a private hospital and the rest have been given in public health facilities.
“Two-third of the adult population of India (66 percent) have been vaccinated against SARS-CoV 2 and nearly a quarter of the adult population has received two doses, and you can see in both of these parameters there are states and uts has done much better than average this -rata.
this is a very important milestone in its own way in the line of other milestones you know, “said Member of Niti Aayog (health) VK Paul.
The vaccine, he said, provides protection against serious disease and for mortality in a big way and therefore, it is a matter of satisfaction that the scope is now phenomenally significant.
“We urge those who are eligible but do not take their vaccines – men and women, pregnant women and all the more so as they aged over especially above 50 years of age should get a dose of the first and second so that they can get total protection and theirs.
We can overcome this pandemic, “underlines Paul.
Bhushan said that 99 percent of health care workers have received the first dose, while 84 per cent of health workers who are eligible have taken the second dose.
He said 100 percent of front-line workers have been given the first dose, while 80 percent of them have been given a second dose.
According to the data shared, the average daily dose is given in a month has increased from 19.69 lakh in May to 39.89 lakh in June, and then further to 43.41 lakh in July and 59.19 lakh August.
The average daily vaccination in September so far is 81.60 lakh per day, Secretary of Health said, adding that nearly 18 crore doses have been administered within 22 days of September.
He said of the total vaccination, 43.39 crore men (52.2 percent) had received the vaccine and given jabs 39.72 crore women (47.8 percent) and about 0.02 per cent gender ‘other’ also received the vaccine during the period this.