NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 12
Gujarat has so far received “adequate” number of vaccine doses from the Centre to inoculate people against COVID-19 and the state still has a stock of around seven lakh doses, government officials said on Monday.
The officials also expressed confidence that all eligible people will be vaccinated in the state by this year-end. Till now, the Gujarat government has received around 2.8 crore doses of anti-COVID-19 vaccines – COVAXIN and Covishield, in accordance with the state’s demand and requirement, state immunisation officer Dr Nayan Jani said.
As per official figures, Gujarat has around 4.8 crore people above the age of 18 years. Out of them, nearly 2.15 crore people have already received their first dose, while 63.40 lakh have got their second dose also.
“We have received and administered around 2.8 crore doses till now. There is no short supply of vaccines. We are receiving doses at regular intervals as per our requirement. At present, we are vaccinating around three lakh people every day, which comes to about 70 lakh people per month,” said Jani.
According to official estimates, Gujarat requires a total of 9.6 crore doses to fully vaccinate its eligible population. Since around 70 lakh people are being vaccinated daily, the entire eligible population will be covered well before December-end, Jani said.
State reports 32 new cases, one death, 262 recoveries
Gujarat reported 32 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the COVID-19 tally to 8,24,274, while 262 patients recovered from the infection, the state health department said.
Only one patient died in the last 24 hours – in Anand district – taking the state’s total COVID-19 fatalities to 10,074, it said. The number of recovered cases rose to 8,13,399 with 262 patients getting discharged during the day, the department said.
As many as 18 out of the state’s 33 districts reported zero COVID-19 cases on Monday, while the rest of the districts reported new cases in single digits. Ahmedabad district reported nine new cases, Surat four, Vadodara three and Bhavnagar, Kutch and Rajkot, two cases each. There are now 801 active cases in Gujarat, where seven patients are in a critical condition, said the department.
As many as 2,54,759 people were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Monday, taking the total number of doses administered so far in the state to 2,81,15,181, it said.
The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu reported two new cases and six recoveries, officials said. With this, the total number of COVID-19 infections in the UT rose to 10,560 and the recovered cases to 10,535. There are 21 active cases in the UT where four coronavirus patients have died so far, the officials said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 8,24,274, new cases 32, death toll 10,074, discharged 8,13,399, active cases 801, people tested so far (figures not released).
