Jharkhand on Thursday vaccinated nearly 1.40 lakh residents against Covid-19 as at least 1447 session sites remained operational across the state from morning to evening, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Thursday administered the first dose of vaccine to 1,01,887 residents, while the second dose was administered to as many as 35,114 beneficiaries. As per this data, almost 1 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
A report from the NHM reflected that Ranchi administered vaccines to at least 11,937 residents, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. While only 90 session sites were operational in Ranchi, at least 185 session sites opened their doors in Dumka but only 8,528 residents were vaccinated there. As many as 55 session sites were operational in East Singhbhum and 10,914 residents got vaccinated in this district, highlighted NHM data. As per figures shared by the health department on Thursday evening, the state had more than 7 lakh doses of vaccines in stock before the session sites opened their doors on Thursday morning. More than 5 lakh Covishield doses and about 2 lakh Covaxin doses were available in stock to continue the immunisation drive in the state. So far, Jharkhand has administered a first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to over 1.05 crore residents and more than 26 lakh of them have also received the second jab, a document released by the health department on Thursday stated.
Meanwhile, the state on Thursday reported 28 Covid cases against 22 recoveries and the active caseload of Covid-19 jumped to 143, a separate bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi reported at least 13 cases on the day and the active caseload increased to 86 in the district as nine Covid patients recovered from the infection here.