Jharkhand on Wednesday managed to administer the Covishield vaccine to around 75 per cent of beneficiaries registered for the first as well as the second dose of the vaccine, figures compiled by the National Health Mission (NHM) revealed.
As per data with NHM, as many as 293490 of 388840 beneficiaries registered for the first dose of the vaccine were inoculated so far, while 17711 of the 23917 beneficiaries registered for the second dose were administered the Covishield jab for the second time after a gap of 28 days since the first dose.
On Wednesday, the state managed to inoculate only 3910 of the 14950 beneficiaries registered for the first dose, thereby achieving only 26 per cent of its target. The second dose was administered to 2582 of 5219 registered beneficiaries – around 50 per cent.
While Ranchi was the best performer with 68 per cent of beneficiaries getting the jab here, Ramgarh achieved only 4 per cent of its vaccination target – the lowest among the 24 districts in the state. As many as 595 of the 880 people registered for the first dose of the vaccine here got the jab.
However, Ramgarh administered the second dose of the vaccine to all the 141 people registered for the dose there on Wednesday, while Ranchi achieved only 60 per cent of its target for the second dose of vaccination on the day, revealed government data.
As per figures with NHM, around 93 per cent of the 1.61 lakh healthcare workers registered for the first dose of the vaccine have got the jab in Jharkhand since the beginning of the immunization programme on January 16. Around 63 per cent of the 2.27 lakh frontline workers registered for the first dose have been inoculated. The second dose has only been administered to healthcare workers so far in Jharkhand as the vaccination for frontline workers started late.
Meanwhile, one more Covid patient, a resident of Ranchi, died in the state on Wednesday, taking the count of Covid fatalities to 1087 in Jharkhand and that in Ranchi to 245, a bulletin released by the NHM stated.
Covid recoveries outnumbered fresh cases on the day. As per the NHM bulletin, as many as 32 people were found infected while 47 Covid patients recovered from the infection on the day. Ranchi reported 19 of the 32 cases and 28 of the 47 recoveries, the bulletin highlighted.
As per government data, as many as 431 people were battling the viral infection in Jharkhand by the end of Wednesday. So far, as many as 119719 people have been infected by the lethal virus and over 98 per cent of them have recovered. At current rate, it would take 2397 days for the number of cases to double in the state, reveals government data.