GURUGRAM: As many as 8,000 recipients from the
National Security Guard (NSG) and the
Central Reserve Police Force (
CRPF) will be administered the Covid-19
vaccine in the second phase of the vaccination drive in the city. Separate session sites will be set up for these recipients on Monday. The health department received 21,240 doses of
Covishield and 18,000 doses of
Covaxin on Saturday.
The city also collected doses for neighbouring districts Faridabad (2,000 Covishield and 12,000 Covaxin doses), Palwal (1,500 Covishield and 10,000 Covaxin doses), Nuh (1,000 Covishield and 8,000 Covaxin doses) and Rewari (1,500 Covishield and 8,000 Covaxin doses). These districts will be getting their share by Sunday.
Haryana has vaccinated 1,38,339 healthcare workers so far out of the targeted 2 lakh recipients. Out of these, as many as 1,34,127 got Covishield shots.
Meanwhile, Gurgaon witnessed 83 % turnout on Saturday, the third day of the second phase of the vaccination drive. Altogether, 445 frontline workers of the 500 scheduled lined up to get their first
dose of the
Covid vaccine. Covishield was administered to the recipients at five sites. No Covaxin session site has been held for frontline workers so far.
For healthcare workers, five session sites were held in the city on Saturday, which recorded a turnout of 31.5%. Of the targeted 200, just 63 recipients turned up. No session sites were created on Saturday for MCG and revenue department staff.
City reports 15 new cases
The city’s caseload rose to 58,332 with 15 new Covid cases on Saturday. The health department said 28 patients also recovered on the day, bringing the total number of recoveries to 57,630. No one succumbed to the infection on Wednesday. So far, 355 people in the city have died of Covid, of whom 273 had comorbidities.
The city has a total of 347 active cases, and 310 of the patients are in home isolation. The recovery rate stands at 98%. Positivity rate is at 0.6% in Gurgaon.