Vaccine roll-out breaks record with 20K doses

Coimbatore: More than 20,000 people were vaccinated against Covid-19 in the district on Saturday, recording a single-day highest in Coimbatore, according to the public health department.
On Saturday, 32,400 doses were available, of which more than 20,000 doses were administered in 106 centres in both city and rural areas.
Though 31,200 doses and 23,400 doses were available on August 2 and August 3 respectively, the number of doses administered were less than 20,000 on those days.
On an average 12,000–16,000 doses were made available for vaccination camps on daily basis.
Deputy director of health services (DDHS) Coimbatore P Aruna said that there was adequate supply of vaccinations following which we could plan the camps both in city as well as in rural areas.
The seroprevalence is as low as 43% for Coimbatore district. “We are planning to conduct similar vaccination camps in the coming days too,” she said.
Meanwhile, 225 fresh Covid-19 cases were reported on Sunday in the district against 223 cases a day before. A total 204 patients were discharged on Sunday, leaving 2,403 active cases. One death was reported on Sunday, taking the death toll to 2,218 in the district. The district has so far reported 2,32,803 positive cases, of which 2,28,182 were discharged.
In Tirupur district, 84 fresh cases were reported on Sunday against 94 on Saturday. A total 88 people returned home after treatment and there are 913 active cases getting treated for the infection. Five deaths were reported in the district on Sunday, which was the highest in the last five days, taking the death toll to 890. Of 89,115 people infected with Covid-19 in the district, 87,312 were recovered and discharged from the hospitals.