VADODARA: The number of Covid-19 cases continued to dip in the city with 182 persons testing positive on Monday.
On the flip side, the number of jabs taken in the city on the day also went down.
Against 193 cases from 6,211 tests on Sunday, 182 cases were reported from 5,869 tests on Monday.
As many as 7,637 persons from the 18-44 years age group Covid vaccine on Monday.
The vaccination in this category has been continuously declining after hitting a high of 19,081 vaccines on May 29.
Efforts have been started to ensure a higher vaccination, but have not borne results so far.
The city police has also started a campaign to get persons in the superspreader category vaccinated.
Vadodara Municipal Corporation’s medical officer (health) Dr Devesh Patel said that organizations are now allowed to hold camps.
He added that vaccination had become as good as walk-in because slots were readily available and people could register themselves at the vaccination centre itself as plenty of slots were available.
On Monday, the number of active Covid-19 cases in the city and district stood at 4,265.
This included 83 persons on ventilators or BIPAP machines as well as 123 on oxygen support.
Officials confirmed one more death due to Covid-19 taking the total number of deceased persons to 618.
Covid cases fall, so does vaccination in Gujarat’s Vadodara
