State dept says 13.8L jabs given in dist, NMC-ZP claims 12.8L

Nagpur: Even as Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and zilla parishad (ZP) have been inoculating citizens in the district since January 16 and uploading the data on Co-Win daily, the numbers released by state’s public health department (PHD) show 13,78,619 doses administered till June 17, while the former’s tally remains far below at 12,77,231 — a whopping difference of 1,01,388 in Nagpur district alone.
The mismatch in numbers include both first and the second jabs.
As per the PHD data, 10,76,862 people took the first dose in the district till June 17, while as per the office of deputy director of health services (DDHS), which also compiles the NMC-ZP data, the number of beneficiaries was 9,82,335 — a difference of 94,527.
Similarly, there is a difference of 6,861 when it comes to second dose. As per the PHD, 3,01,757 beneficiaries have taken the second dose, while the number is 2,94,896 as per the DDHS data.
Discrepancies are also noticed in the data regarding the first and second doses administered to healthcare workers (HCWs), frontline workers (FLWs), 18-44 age group and 45-plus.
An official from the DDHS office told TOI, “NMC may have missed vaccination done by private centres. We are cross-checking the data of ours and the PHD.”
At present, four private hospitals are also running the vaccination programme. Two private hospitals are engaged in corporate vaccination.
Municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B said, “Data of the state’s PHD will be accurate as it is being taken from the Co-Win application. We are tallying the data of government and private centres daily. I have directed the officials to verify and do reconciliation.”
ZP chief executive officer Yogesh Kumbhejkar said, “Directives have been given to cross-check vaccination numbers of all centres. There seems no problem in the rural numbers and will rectify, if any.”
DDHS Dr Sanjay Jaiswal did not respond to TOI’s call and messages.
Interestingly, the number mismatch is not limited to Nagpur district alone. Similar discrepancies are being noticed in the data of other districts in Nagpur division.