Chhattisgarh has achieved the second position in giving the second dose of anti-Covid vaccination to healthcare and frontline workers. The state is in the third position in the 45- plus age category.
This was stated in data issued by the Central government on Tuesday, an official communication said.
Chhattisgarh comes after Rajasthan in administering the second dose of vaccination to frontline workers while it follows Gujarat for healthcare workers.
After Jammu and Kashmir and Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh is in the third position in the first dose administered to the 45-plus category.
Covid-19 Vaccination Nodal Officer and National Health Mission Director Dr Priyanka Shukla said in a statement that till Monday 72,94,368 doses have been given to the beneficiaries.
All frontline workers have got the first dose of vaccination. The coverage for healthcare workers is 91 percent and it is 78 percent in the 45-plus age category (78%). Similarly, the second dose given to healthcare workers is 69 percent, frontline workers (69 percent) and 45-plus category (12 percent).
In the 18-44 age category, a total of 937,168 have got the first dose, she said.