Delhi administers record 1.56L vaccines in a day
New Delhi: The national Capital administered a record 1.56 lakh vaccine doses on Thursday, of which 1,28,909 went to beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi said here. The total count of doses administered was 1,56,636, the AAP leader said on Friday, announcing the daily vaccination bulletin.
Among the beneficiaries in the 18-44 years category, 2,449 were administered their second dose, while the rest got their first. "It is because the youth is coming out in great numbers that the 45+ members of their families also get encouraged to get vaccinated. This is the reason why Delhi's vaccination speed has increased so much," Atishi said.
The city has so far administered 69,54,942 vaccine doses 53,09,546 people have been given the first dose and 16,45,396 have received the second dose.
Out of the completely vaccinated people, 1,50,965 are from the 18-44 age group and 10,32,960 are in the 45+ group. A total of 4,61,471 fully vaccinated people are from the healthcare and frontline workers category. According to the bulletin, the national capital has a stock of 8,80,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses 1,20,000 Covaxin and 7,60,000 Covishield.
"Since we are using Covaxin only for the second dose, its speed of usage is relatively low," Atishi said.
The stock of Bharat Biotech's Covaxin is expected to last another 13 days, while Serum Institute's Covishield will suffice for five days, she said.
Meanwhile, Delhi recorded four more COVID-19-related deaths, the lowest since March 21, and 115 new cases on Friday with a positivity rate of 0.15 per cent, according to a health bulletin issued here.
The new fatalities pushed the death toll due to the infection to 24,952, it said.
The case fatality rate stands at 1.74 per cent, it added.
A total of 77,477 COVID-19 tests 54,739 RT-PCR and 22,738 rapid antigen tests were conducted on Thursday, according to the latest health bulletin on Friday. The number of cumulative cases on Friday stood at 14,33,590. As many as 14,06,958 patients have recovered from the virus in Delhi.
The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) on Friday urged the Delhi government to allow marriage functions to be held in hotels and banquets during the next phase of unlock process, saying the business related to matrimonial programmes was suffering huge losses.
In a letter to the Delhi DDMA, the trade body demanded that at least 50 or more people in Delhi should be allowed for wedding functions in hotels, banquets and public places.
