71.5% get jabbed in Panchkula

Panchkula, January 25

By setting a target of 1,500 for the day, the Panchkula health authorities were able to vaccinate at least 1,133 healthcare workers today as 71.5 per cent of the earmarked beneficiaries turned up at the 12 designated sites on the seventh day of the vaccination drive.

The sites where the vaccination drive was held were the Civil Dispensary, Sector 4, Saket Hospital, Alchemist Hospital, the Civil Dispensary, Sector 7, the Primary Health Centre (PHC), Morni, the PHC, Nanakpur, Ojas Hospital, the PHC, Pinjore, the Civil Hospital, Sector 6, the PHC, Surajpur, the Urban Health Centre, Sector 16, and the PHC, Kot.

426 inoculated in UT

Chandigarh: The city on Monday recorded a turnout of 47.3 per cent at all nine sites. Against the target of 900 beneficiaries, 426 were inoculated. The UT has inoculated 2,037 health workers of the 3,969 invited for taking the jab so far. TNS

The improvement in the vaccination figures has taken the overall “achievement rate” to 61.6 per cent.

So far, 2,557 healthcare workers have got the first jab. As many as 6,219 health workers – 3,541 government and 2,678 private professionals – have been identified for the first phase of the drive. — TNS

31 more infected in UT

Chandigarh: The city on Monday reported 31 fresh cases of Covid, taking the UT case tally to 20,749 and the toll to 334. A total of 25 more patients recovered from the disease in the past 24 hours.

1 fatality in Mohali

Mohali: One more fatality was witnessed due to Covid in the district during the past 24 hours, taking the toll to 359. Meanwhile, 28 fresh cases came to the fore, taking the tally to 19,316, while 62 more patients were cured. TNS

13 cases in P’kula

Panchkula: The district on Monday reported 13 fresh coronavirus cases, taking the overall tally to 10,467. The Covid toll remained at 147. TNS