Vaccination of senior citizens: GB Nagar leads in vaccine coverage across UP

Noida | Monday | 22nd March, 2021

Summary:

Noida: Amid the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination of senior citizens and people over 45 years having comorbidities, Gautam Budh Nagar district has emerged as leader in vaccination coverage across the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

GB Nagar has achieved 73.56% of its vaccination target for the month of March, while Ghaziabad has 49.7% coverage till March 20, according to figures of the Co-Win portal.

The UP government has given a target of inoculating 65,048 beneficiaries to GB Nagar and 93,480 to Ghaziabad for March.

According to the Co-Win figures, GB Nagar vaccinated 47,852 beneficiaries till March 20, while Ghaziabad inoculated 46,463 till the same period.

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Noida: Amid the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination of senior citizens and people over 45 years having comorbidities, Gautam Budh Nagar district has emerged as leader in vaccination coverage across the 75 districts in Uttar Pradesh.

GB Nagar has achieved 73.56% of its vaccination target for the month of March, while Ghaziabad has 49.7% coverage till March 20, according to figures of the Co-Win portal.

The UP government has given a target of inoculating 65,048 beneficiaries to GB Nagar and 93,480 to Ghaziabad for March.

According to the Co-Win figures, GB Nagar vaccinated 47,852 beneficiaries till March 20, while Ghaziabad inoculated 46,463 till the same period.

Against the target of 4,858,028 beneficiaries under the category, 1,877,497 were vaccinated till March 20 across the state with an overall coverage of 38.65%.

GB Nagar district magistrate Suhas LY said that the health department is taking up more than 5,000 vaccination per day.

“We have plans to improve and can also surpass our target.