Delhi

Gurugram becomes first in Haryana to give over 6 lakh jabs

Staff Reporter

With over 6.49 lakh people in Gurugram being vaccinated, the district became the first in Haryana to inoculate so many people.

According to the health officials, so far over 5,07,000 people in the district have been administered the first dose of the vaccine while over 1,42,000 people have received the second dose.

“Under the vaccination campaign 59,191 healthcare workers have so far received the first dose of the Covid vaccine and 37,161 workers have received the second dose,” Dr Yash Garg, Deputy Commissioner, Gurugram said.

Similarly, around 51,213 frontline workers have received the first dose of the Covid vaccine and 36,001 people have been administered with the second dose, Dr Garg said.

Also, around 88,080 people in the 18 plus age group have also received the Covid jab. Health officials said testing is being done to curtail the Covid infections in Gurugram. In the last 24 hours the health department has conducted 5,493 Covid tests.

According to the figures from the health department, the number of total active case in Gurugram district is 2,554 out of which 2,145 patients are in home isolation.