Nagpur: The Nagpur district once again maintained its 4th spot among the state’s 35 districts in the Covid vaccination drive in the week gone by.
On Sunday, the state crossed one crore inoculations and the 11 districts of Vidarbha have contributed 20% or 20.97 lakh jabs in the overall achievement.
In terms of weekly achievement, Nagpur district was ahead of Mumbai which saw an increase of 18.40%. Pune registered 29% increase in vaccination, followed by Thane at 26%. The three bigger districts — Mumbai, Pune and Thane (in this order) — are ahead of Nagpur in cumulative inoculations till date.
In the previous week, the Nagpur district vaccination figure stood at 4,67,513 and posted a healthy 33% increase within the next seven days. Mumbai had achieved 13,32,334, Pune (9,74,720) and Thane (5,35,117) as on April 3 morning.
In Vidarbha, Nagpur district is at the top position with 33% share in the region’s cumulative vaccination figures. The district has crossed 7 lakh inoculations though the vaccine shortage has equally affected each district with all of them left with just a day’s stock or nothing at all.
On Sunday, 6,666 beneficiaries took the jab at the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) centres while 64 turned up at a couple of centres in rural. This indicates the district may not be able to continue the drive entire day on Monday unless it gets new doses.
Interestingly, on Saturday the district recorded just 5,000 less inoculation than Mumbai which has a population several times higher than Nagpur.
As per the state data, the Nagpur district (20,427) was the only district after Pune (73,114), and Mumbai (25,681) which crossed the 20,000 mark. Perhaps, due to different reporting time, the data from DDHS Nagpur circle showed 20,634 inoculations in the district.
Major achievement in the drive came through inoculation of 45+ citizens in the region. Though they were the first in the queue to get inoculated, healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) haven’t really taken much benefit of the opportunity.
Till date, 58,372 HCWs and FLWs have taken the first dose while the second dose has been taken by 25,275. The figures indicate HCWs and FLWs continue to remain reluctant even after more than three months when they turned eligible for the jab.
As compared to HCWs and FLWs, the number of 45+ beneficiaries has crossed the 5-lakh mark in just over a month and half.
Total jabs as on Apr 11 morning
District ----------------Vaccination
Mumbai -------------- -16,32,937
Pune -------------—— 13,85,156
Thane -------------—— 7,28,498
Nagpur -------------—- 7,03,142
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Vidarbha ------- 20,97,145
Nagpur div ------- 13,86,760
Amravati div ------ 7,10,385