91% healthy members of 18-44 age category inoculated in Ludhiana

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 1

Over 91 per cent hale and hearty young population in the 18-44 age group was vaccinated against Covid in the district so far, the government has confirmed.

Less than 9 per cent comorbid patients, who were in the priority category and covered much before the hale and hearty in the 18-44 age group were included in the list of beneficiaries, have so far turned up to get their Covid jab in the district, the official figures have revealed.

The data analysed by the Health and Family Welfare Department, a copy of which is available with The Tribune, showed that only 30,740 of the total 3,47,754 persons inoculated in the 18-44 age group were comorbid, which account for 8.84 per cent.

Two other priority categories in the 18-44 age group — private industrial workers and construction workers — also accounted for just 9.31 per cent and 8.78 per cent, respectively, as only 32,386 private industrial workers and 30,526 construction workers have been given the shots in the industrial hub of the state.

The state-wise trend was also not different as only 99,677 of the total 15,84,817 beneficiaries inoculated in the 18-44 age group were comorbid, accounting for 6.29 per cent. In this way, rest 93.71 per cent hale and hearty young population has been vaccinated in the state so far, including 68,502 industrial workers (4.32 per cent) and 1,32,627 construction workers, which account for 8.37 per cent.

While all other districts in the state were way behind Ludhiana in inoculating their young population, Jalandhar ranked second by vaccinating 81,823 beneficiaries, including 5,525 comorbid patients, 3,391 private industrial workers, and 8,233 construction workers.

Among others, Patiala stood third by inoculating 80,262 in the 18-44 age group, including 5,440 comorbid, 597 private industrial workers and 11,309 construction workers, followed by Hoshiarpur 75,637 – comorbid 1,747, industrial workers 1,799, construction workers 15,962; Mohali 43,679 – comorbid 3,717, industrial workers 7,917, construction workers 15,244; Amritsar 43,297 – comorbid 10,426, industrial workers 2,721, construction workers 2,368; Gurdaspur 40,622 – comorbid 2,270, industrial workers 1,279, construction workers 11,384; Ropar 30,099 – comorbid 172, industrial workers 637, construction workers 2,820; Kapurthala 28,230 – comorbid 12,003, industrial workers 1,189, construction workers 2,681; Bathinda 27,491 – comorbid 2,253, industrial workers 11,518, construction workers 6,642; Sangrur 19,776 – comorbid 4,492, industrial workers 1,124, construction workers 3,047; Moga 16,283 – comorbid 2,574, industrial workers 620, construction workers 717; Pathankot 15,111 – comorbid 4,924, industrial workers 110, construction workers 1,482; Tarn Taran 14,143 – comorbid 1,709, industrial workers 314, construction workers 1,641; Ferozepur 14,092 – comorbid 221, industrial workers 157, construction workers 5,292; Faridkot 13,200 – comorbid 4,415, industrial workers 355, construction workers 1,827; Fatehgarh Sahib 10,833 – comorbid 2,309, industrial workers 687, construction workers 3,109; Nawanshahr 9,464 – comorbid 867, industrial workers 340, construction workers 3,109; Barnala 8,225 – comorbid 2,333, industrial workers 873, construction workers 1,115; Fazilka 7,809 – comorbid 442, industrial workers 271, construction workers 498; Muktsar 7,595 – comorbid 1,021, industrial workers 205, construction workers 1,393; and Mansa jabbed the lowest number of 6,646 young generation, including only 77 comorbid, 12 industrial workers and 3,685 construction workers.