Punjab on Thursday acquired a batch of 1.14 lakh doses of Kovaxin, a primary direct provide of vaccine in opposition to its order to the Punjab authorities, from producer Bharat Biotech to vaccinate beneficiaries within the age group of 18-44.
“Some of these supplements may be allocated to industries for vaccination of their workers, but we will decide later on the distribution of these doses among priority groups,” mentioned Vikas Garg, the nodal officer of the Punjab vaccine.
Till now, Punjab had acquired solely 4.29 lakh doses of Kovishield for the age group of 18-44 in opposition to the order of 30 lakh doses from the Serum Institute of India (SII).
Meanwhile, based on the state bulletin on Thursday, the state’s day by day case rely continued on Thursday, with 3914 contemporary circumstances and 178 Kovid deaths reported in Punjab within the final 24 hours.
Even on Thursday, the state’s positivity fee fell to five.43 %, with the case fatality fee (CFR) hovering round 2.51 % – the best within the nation.
On Thursday, the variety of contemporary recoveries (5995) once more exceeded the variety of new circumstances.
Meanwhile, the state’s Kovid toll reached 14004, with 178 extra deaths. The complete variety of confirmed constructive circumstances within the state up to now is 556089, of which 48,231 are energetic. A complete of 358 sufferers are on ventilator help and 5809 on oxygen help.
According to the district-wise break-up of 178 deaths, the utmost deaths – 17 – occurred from Ludhiana, adopted by Faridkot (15), Amritsar, Sangrur and Bathinda (13 every), Jalandhar, Patiala and Ferozepur (12). Each), Fazilka (11), Gurdaspur (9), Barnala, Muktsar, Pathankot and Kapurthala (seven-seven), Mansa (six), SAS Nagar (4), Fatehgarh Sahib, Tarn Taran and Ropar (three-three) and Hoshiarpur And SBS Nagar (two every).
On Thursday, the utmost variety of new circumstances have been reported from Ludhiana (411), Jalandhar (401), Bathinda (344), Muktsar (313) and SAS Nagar (278).
A complete of 26368 doses (dose 1 and dose 2 mixed) of the Kovid vaccine got on Thursday in Punjab.
The Health Bulletin states {that a} complete of 222 circumstances of mucormycosis (black fungus) have been reported in Punjab up to now and 27 folks have died because of the illness. The complete circumstances associated to Punjab are 192 whereas 30 are from different states. The highest variety of circumstances – 33 – are from Ludhiana, adopted by Bathinda (22), Jalandhar (19), and Patiala (15).
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
