NAGPUR: The district registered the single-day highest-ever Covid vaccination of 45,839 on Saturday due to a huge response from people in the 18-44 years age group.
However, due to shortage of doses, there will be no vaccination in all the 121 free-of-cost centres of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Sunday.
After taking a hit on Friday due to shortage of doses, vaccination resumed at the NMC’s centres on Saturday.
The civic body had received 24,000 doses of Covishield from the state government on Friday evening.
As per NMC’s data, 30,313 persons took the jab at 129 centres in the city on Saturday — 28,012 at NMC centres and 2,301 at 8 private centres.
Of the total beneficiaries, 19,846 were from the 18-44 years age group.
Vaccination programme began in the city on January 16.
Until Saturday, 23,703 was the highest which was achieved on June 23, the first day of resumption of vaccination of 18-44 years age group.
A 15,526 people took the jab at the zilla parishad’s 122 centres — 10,284 from 18-44 years age group.
Thus, 45,839 persons, of which 30,130 were from the 18-44 years age group, took the jab at 243 centres in the district on Saturday.
After the district high of 41,721 on June 23, inoculation declined to 37,054 the next day.
The numbers dropped to 21,716 on June 25 due to closure of 96% of total centres.
Additional municipal commissioner Ram Joshi told TOI that NMC does not have Covishield doses.
“We have also decided to close four centres of Covaxin and the staff some rest on Sunday,” he said.
The civic body received 2,600 more doses of Covaxin on Friday.
The NMC is running three centres of Covaxin for 45-plus and one centre for second dose of 18-44 years.
The ZP will continue vaccination on Sunday as it has doses.
The government allotted only 24,000 doses for the district on Saturday of which the NMC will receive 50-60%.
This will not last even for a day.
With more doses expected on Sunday, the civic body will resume the programme on Monday.
Meanwhile, Spandan is likely to start Sputnik V, the Russian vaccine, from July 6.
Care Hospital was the first in Vidarbha to begin Sputnik V from June 22.
Alexis Hospital is also likely to make available the same vaccine in the first week of July.
Vaccination was also reportedly affected in Chandrapur and Wardha districts on Saturday due to shortage of doses.
A 320 could get the jab in Chandrapur district and 554 in Wardha district.
Chandrapur and Wardha districts will get only 2,600 and 5,000 doses of Covishield, respectively, on Sunday.
Record 46,000 take jab in Nagpur district on Saturday, no vaccine today
