NEW DELHI: A huge growth in turnout for Covid-19 vaccination was witnessed in Delhi on Monday with 81,545 people turning up to get the jab till 6pm.
More than 20,000 people got inoculated as compared to Sunday when only 59,125 people got the shot during the same period. The vaccination coverage growth is largely driven by people belonging to the 45 to 59 years age group all of whom were allowed to get the
Covid shot from April 1.
According to a government report on vaccination till 6pm on Monday 70,935 people got the first dose which included 46,676 people belonging to 45 to 59 age group and 23,266 people above 61 years of age.
Only 546 frontline workers and 447 healthcare workers got the vaccine while 10,610 people got the second dose of vaccine and thus are fully vaccinated against the coronavirus. “The number of turnout is likely to increase further because the vaccination is going on till 9pm,” said an official.
Among 815,45 people only three cases of minor adverse events were reported.
The percentage of adverse events has substantially come down leading to an increase in confidence among people on vaccines. The vaccinated people are also working as agents of publicity for the efficacy of vaccines.