Even as the state has administered over 12 crore vaccines, the second highest in India, the districts with high rural populations are trailing behind in full vaccination coverage.
It has come to light that nearly 22 out of 36 districts in the state are still lagging behind in full vaccine coverage. The inoculation rate at such districts is much below the state’s average of 47.84 per cent.
Nanded has the lowest full vaccination coverage with only 29.18 per cent having taken both the shots, according to the state public health department. Until December 4, nearly 2.1 lakh beneficiaries missed their due second vaccination in Nanded. Followed by Hingoli (32.09%), Solapur (32.18%), Jalgaon (33.55%), Osmanabad (34.04%) and Jalna (34.26%).
On the other hand, Mumbai is the highest in Maharashtra with fully immunising 76.19% of the eligible population. The state capital is followed by Pune with 65.63% population being fully vaccinated, Bhandara (64.41%), Sindhudurg (62.23%) and Gondia (58.02%).
A day ago, Maharashtra Health Surveillance Officer Dr Pradeep Awate stated that nearly 30,000 travelers were checked for COVID-19 at many airports. From these, 10 people tested positive for the new coronavirus variant, Omicron, so far.
Besides, in a relief, the first patient of Omicron, the 33-year-old Omicron-infected patient from Dombivli, who arrived to the twin city on November 22 from Cape Town, was given a discharge from the hospital on Wednesday, December 8, 2021.
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