On Wednesday, June 23, the Thane Municipal Corporation (TMC) has become the first civic body in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) to administer more than five lakh COVID-19 vaccination shots, claimed the city Mayor Naresh Mhaske.
According to a statement released by the civic body, the Thane city completed the vaccination of 5,03,040 persons so far.
Mhaske said vaccination camps were organised in the city for several categories such as disabled people, senior citizens, transgenders, homeless people etc in the last few weeks.
The drive is being conducted at 50 to 55 vaccination centres in the city and every effort was being made to vaccinate at least 10,000 citizens, the mayor added.
Mhaske claimed even prominent personalities reposed their faith in the inoculation drive conducted by the TMC. Moreover, the drive to vaccinate those above 18 years is getting a huge response.
Meanwhile, with the addition of 373 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in the Thane district has gone up to 5,28,862, an official said on Wednesday, June 23. The virus also claimed the lives of eight more people, raising the death toll in the district to 10,535. The COVID-19 mortality rate in Thane stood at 1.99 per cent.
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