Noida: Health department gets vaccination figures as per expectation

Much on expected lines, over 4,400 people were vaccinated in Gautam Budh Nagar district on Tuesday under the phase-3 category wherein people over 60 and 45 year olds with comorbidities are vaccinated

Much on expected lines, over 4,400 people were vaccinated in Gautam Budh Nagar district on Tuesday under the phase-3 category wherein people over 60 and 45 year olds with comorbidities are vaccinated.

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District magistrate Suhas LY said that they were on course to achieve the target of 65,048 beneficiaries by March 31.

“I am sure that much before the last date, we’ll cover everyone enlisted in senior citizens and 45-plus people with co-morbidities,” he said.

Chief medical officer Dr Deepak Ohri said that 4,962 people were vaccinated on Tuesday.

“Out of the total, 3,948 were over 60 years of age, while 526 beneficiaries were over 45 with co-morbidities. The remaining beneficiaries were health care workers and front line workers who got their first or second doses. As many as 501 vials of vaccines were used today, of which a little over 3% were wasted,” he said.

Meanwhile, the GB Nagar district on Tuesday recorded 16 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the district’s total positive tally to 25,627. According to state Covid-19 bulletin, the active cases in the district were increased to 88 as the number of discharged patients were recorded only six on Tuesday. The district has a death toll of 91 with a case fatality rate (CFR) of 0.35 per cent. The recovery rate of patients remained 99.3 per cent, the statistics showed.