Nitin Jain Tribune News Service Ludhiana June 22 Ludhiana has picked up pace in inoculating its young population under the new Covid vaccination regime allowing free jabs to all above 18 years of age at government facilities and at prescribed controlled rates at private institutions since Monday. We have adopted a demand driven policy for supply of vaccine to the districts under which requisite quantity of vaccine doses will be made available on the basis of consumption. All the field staffers have been instructed to upload inoculation data daily on Cowin mobile application in order to facilitate procurement of additional supplies from the Centre. Vini Mahajan Chief Secretary The district has ranked second in the state in giving first shot to the people aged between 18 and 44 years of age at the rate of 14655 per lakh population which was double than the states average of 7147 the officials figures have revealed. Continuing to remain the leader in the state with one and the only district to cross the 1-million vaccination mark so far Ludhiana inoculated 1074503 persons till Tuesday which included 289276 between the age group of 18 and 44 years. While 242215 beneficiaries in 18-44 age group have got Covishield shots (240816 first and 1399 both) 47061 have been administered Covaxin jabs (46969 first and 92 both doses). The data analysed by the Health and Family Welfare Department which is available with The Tribune showed that Mohali has topped Punjab with the highest per lakh population coverage of 17087 in the 18-44 age group while Fazilka remained the laggard with the lowest 1321 per lakh people inoculation in the youngest age category. Among other districts Hoshiarpur stood third with 11346 per lakh vaccination of young in 18-44 age group followed by Ropar at 10398 per lakh population coverage Patiala 9589 Jalandhar 9218 Kapurthala 8052 Gurdaspur 6141 Pathankot 5058 Bathinda 4709 Ferozepur 4669 Faridkot 4569 Amritsar 4390 Fatehgarh Sahib 4060 Moga 3813 Nawanshahr 3720 Barnala 3082 Tarn Taran 2803 Sangrur 2755 Mansa 2003 and Muktsar second last with 1881 per lakh people in the 18-44 age group administered the Covid vaccine. In other categories Ludhiana ranked eighth in giving first dose to the people above 60 years at the rate of 56777 per lakh population coverage which was higher than the states average of 51293 and seventh in fully vaccinating above 60 year population. In the 45-59 age group Ludhiana ranked seventh in giving first shot with 45980 per lakh coverage which was again higher than the states average of 36627 and third in administering both doses at the rate of 6499 per lakh population which was also higher than the states average of 4290 per lakh coverage.

Stay updated with all the Latest Ludhiana headlines here. For more exclusive & live news updates from all around India, stay connected with NYOOOZ.