The Haryana Government aims to vaccinate each and every eligible beneficiary at the earliest and has formulated plans for the same, an official spokesperson of the Health Department asserted on Saturday.
He said the state has administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to 82 per cent of Health Care Workers (HCWs) and 82 per cent of Frontline Workers (FLWs) which is even higher than the national average of 81 per cent. On the status of vaccine administered to priority groups the spokesperson said that 2,15,077 HCWs have been administered the first dose while 1,36,945 HCWs have been administered the second dose and 1,97,014 FLWs have been administered the first dose and 81,163 FLWs have been administered the second dose. Sharing information on vaccine administered to beneficiaries above 18 years of age, the spokesperson said that 49,23,914 beneficiaries have been administered the first dose of vaccine and 8,58,986 beneficiaries have been administered the second dose of the vaccine.
The spokesperson said the state has a high percentage of administration of first dose of COVID-19 vaccine to priority groups - HCWs and FLWs - while the percentage of administration of second dose of the vaccine for HCWs is 50 per cent and for FLWs it is 37 per cent.
45 DEATHS, 426 NEW CASES IN HARYANA
Haryana on Saturday reported 45 Covid-related deaths taking the cumulative toll to 8,949 while 426 fresh infections pushed the total case count to 765,522. According to the health department's daily bulletin, the latest deaths include eight from Hisar, six from Panipat, five from Jind and four each from Sirsa, Jhajjar districts. Meanwhile, Hisar reported 40 new cases while 36 were from Sirsa, 34 from Fatehabad. The total active cases are 5186, the bulletin said. The total recoveries so far are 751,387 while the recovery rate is 98.15 per cent.