In its fight against Covid -19, the Tata Main Hospital, a private health hub run by Tata Steel, achieved vaccination coverage of over one lakh on Friday.

The hospital has so far administered 1,01,453 vaccines - both Covishield and Covaxin- of which 12,051 people have received both their doses.

During a teleconference here on Friday evening, advisor to TMH Dr Rajan Choudhry confirmed that their vaccination figures had crossed one lakh mark.

"Increasing the pace of vaccination is the only way to win the battle against Covid. The transmission of the virus was rapid and much higher in the second wave. The vaccination drive will help in developing immunity for fighting the virus," he said.

TMH provides vaccines at Tata Auditorium in XLRI campus, Loyola School, at the campus of Kerala Samajam Model School in Sakchi and at its own hospital premises in Bistupur.

He appealed to people that even after getting vaccinated one should continue to follow Covid-19 appropriate behaviour which includes wearing masks, frequent use of hand sanitisers, maintaining social distance and avoiding crowds.

Meanwhile, the overall Covid-19 positivity rate continues to decline. TMH has reported a positivity rate of 2.45 per cent.

The admissions have reduced to three per day this week while the recovery rate has improved to 84.21 per cent.

TMH has also started taking preventive measures to combat the possible third wave.

Apart from improving medical infrastructure the hospital has introduced training modules for medical staff to help them prepare to fight the possible next wave.

With the onset of monsoon the hospital also sounded a general alert on diseases like dengue, Japanese Encephalitis and other water-borne diseases which is prevalent during this time of the season.