Coimbatore: The number of people who took the second dose of their covid vaccine surpassed those who took their first dose for the first time on Sunday.
A total of 1,13,618 people were vaccinated throughout the district as part of a mass vaccination drive conducted on the third consecutive weekend.
From them, 66,636 people got the second dose and 46,932 got the first dose.
The last week, 94,723 people were inoculated on a day as part of the mass vaccination drive, while 1,51,685 people were vaccinated on September 12.
While a total of 27 lakh people qualified for vaccinations in the district, 24.5 lakh had received the first dose and 7.4 lakh had received the second dose so far the majority of those who were vaccinated in June and July returned for their second dose.
People have begun to come alone because of awareness about the importance of getting vaccinations.
In Block Madukkarai, more than 5,000 people are vaccinated.
A senior health official said that they began making a door-to-door visit after 16:00 to vaccinate the elderly and disabled people.
About 400 people like it were vaccinated.
However, confusion applies in several places after people are asked to bring more evidence of identity other than Aadhaar.
T Solomon, 71, from Veerapandi near PeriyanacenickaTalayam, said that he had to go home from the vaccination center to get the voter ID card after the staff insisted on the second identity proof.
The official health said that many of the aadhaar numbers have been ordered for vaccination because they cannot produce a vaccination certificate.