Jharkhand on Tuesday vaccinated at least 1.10 lakh residents against Covid-19, taking the total count of such residents who have taken at least one dose of vaccine above 1.36 crore, figures compiled by the health department highlighted.
As per provisional data released by the National Health Mission (NHM), the state on Tuesday administered the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19 to as many as 63,731 residents, while the second jab was administered to at least 48,162 beneficiaries. More than 80,000 beneficiaries inoculated on the day fell in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years.
At least 13,000 residents were vaccinated in Ranchi on the day, the highest among the 24 districts in Jharkhand, while about 12,000 beneficiaries got vaccinated in East Singhbhum. In Dhanbad, close to 7000 residents were inoculated on Tuesday. As per government data, as many as 1520 session sites remained operational across the state on the day.
As per NHM data, about 53 per cent of the over 1.57 crore beneficiaries in the age bracket of 18 years to 44 years have received at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 in the state. More than 99 per cent of eligible healthcare workers and frontline workers in the state have received at least one dose of vaccine, figures compiled by the NHM highlight.