Jharkhand on Friday vaccinated 1.65 lakh residents against Covid-19 as at least 1735 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 Friday administered the first dose of vaccine to 1,23,288 residents, while the second dose was administered to as many as 42,172 beneficiaries. As per this data, 1,20,947 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 20,306 residents, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand. While only 91 session sites were operational in Ranchi, at least 209 session sites opened their doors in Dumka 14,031 residents were vaccinated there. As many as 40 session sites were operational in Bokaro and 15,271 residents got vaccinated in this district, highlighted NHM data.
As per figures shared by the health department on Friday evening, the State had more than 7 lakh doses of vaccines in stock before the session sites opened their doors on Friday morning. More than 5 lakh Covishield doses and about 1.8 lakh Covaxin doses were available in stock to continue the immunisation drive in the state.
So far, Jharkhand has administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to over 1.2 crore residents and more than 26 lakh of them have also received the second jab, a document released by the health department on Friday stated.
Meanwhile, the State on Friday reported 11 Covid cases against 13 recoveries and the active caseload of Covid-19 came to 141, a separate bulletin from NHM stated. Ranchi reported four cases on the day and the active caseload increased to 85 in the district as five Covid patients recovered from the infection here.