Noida bags top spot in UP for vaccination coverage, Ghaziabad 4th

GHAZIABAD: Gautam Budh Nagar district has bagged the first position in terms of Covid vaccination coverage in the state followed by Meerut at second and Ghaziabad at the fourth spot. Meerut division that includes six districts has got the top spot in the category.
According to official data, Ghaziabad has been able to stop vaccine wastage completely.
The ranking system is based on figures released by the government till July 17. It mentions cumulative figures (from January 16 to July 17) and this month’s data, till July 17.

According to the report, between July 3 and 17, Meerut division was at the top spot with the highest number of vaccinations being conducted in Gautam Budh Nagar. Within the division, Ghaziabad district was in the fifth place in the state between July 3 and 9 and it moved to the fourth spot between July 10 and 17. Except Baghpat, five districts within Meerut division have recorded improvement. While Bulandshahr moved from 25th spot to 16th, Hapur’s ranking improved to 57th from 60th in the second week of July. Baghpat was initially at the seventh spot, then it slipped to eighth.
According to the report, till July 17, Gautam Budh Nagar has administered the first dose of vaccine to 97.5% of its target population in the 18-44 years category. Meerut is at 67%, the figure is 48% for Hapur and 38.4% for Ghaziabad.
Bulandshahr and Baghpat have administered the first dose of vaccine to 15% and 19.5% of their target population in the same age group, respectively.
In the 45+ category, Gautam Budh Nagar achieved 108% of its target, while Ghaziabad has inoculated 58% of the target population. The figures for Meerut, Baghpat, Bulandshahr and Hapur are 23.8%, 83%, 59% and 16.7%, respectively.
Among the divisions, Meerut is followed by Lucknow and Varanasi. While Lucknow moved up from the 13th spot to the second position, Varasnasi jumped to third from the ninth position. Gorakhpur division moved from the 11th place to the fourth spot.
Ghaziabad health officials said they plan to vaccinate over 30,000 people across 70-odd centres on Monday, after it received 25,000 doses.
Over the past four months, the district has been able to reduce vaccine wastage significantly. In fact, between July 3 and 17, the district has recorded a negative wastage figure for both Covishield and Covaxin (-4% for Covishield and -2% for Covaxin). For the same period, neighbouring Gautam Budh Nagar saw -2% wastage for Covishield and 2% for Covaxin.