Gujarat govt shares latest data on covid vaccination in the State

Gandhinagar: The state health department has administered over 9.54 crore doses of covid-19 vaccines in the state so far.

The eligible people for the second dose of the vaccine have received 9,60,702 doses of the vaccine per 10 lakh people in the state. The state is in a leading position among the large states of the country considering the same.

As of 18th January 2022, a total 4,81,43,082 people above 18 years of age have received the first dose which is equal to 97.6 % of the eligible people. Total 4,42,92,717 people above 18 years of age have received the second dose which is equal to 94.6 % of the eligible people. 23,07,645 people (64.9 %) from the age group of 15 to 17 years have received the first dose. Total 6,70,025 people have received the precaution dose of the vaccine.

Total 9 districts and all the 8 corporations have achieved 100 % vaccination of the eligible people with the first dose of the vaccine. Over 35.50 lakh teenagers of 15 to 18 years of age are vaccinated in the state.

The precaution doses of the vaccine are to be administered to over 33 lakh people including 6,24,092 health care workers, 13,44,533 front line workers and around 14,24,600 people above 60 years of age with comorbidities. There are total 6 vaccine stores of zonal level, 41 stores of district/ corporation level, and 2236 cold chain points in the state for storage of covid-19 vaccine. There are over 12 thousand trained vaccinators available in the state for covid-19 vaccination drive.

The state government has shared the above details in a note.