Gujarat: 16,000 villages, 5 cities record 100 per cent first dose vaccine coverage

AHMEDABAD: Of the 18,500-odd villages in Gujarat, about 16,000 or 86 per cent have achieved 100 per cent vaccination coverage of the eligible population (above 18 years of age), said state health minister Rishikesh Patel.
He was talking to media in Gandhinagar on Wednesday. He added that of the eight municipal corporations, five have achieved 100 per cent coverage.
The cities with 100 per cent coverage include Surat, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, and Bhavnagar. Ahmedabad has achieved 97 per cent coverage and Vadodara, 99 per cent. Overall, with 4.49 crore vaccination doses of the 4.93 crore eligible population, the state has about 91 per cent of the eligible population vaccinated with at least one dose.

“The residents of 16,109 of the nearly 18,500 villages have taken the first dose of the vaccine so far,” said Patel. “Junagadh, Ahmedabad, Tapi, and Mahisagar districts have also achieved 100 per cent coverage of the first dose till now.”
Nearly 4.50 crore people have received the first dose so far, while 2.71 crore have taken the second dose as well, the minister said. “In all, the Gujarat government has administered over 7.20 crore doses of the vaccine since the commencement of the nationwide vaccination drive against the coronavirus on January 16,” Patel said.