Hyderabad: For the first time since the COVID-19 vaccination campaign started on January 16, health officials in Telangana have set a record by given vaccines to more than 2 lakh individuals across the state in a single day.
A total of 2,11,244 individuals were administered COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday, of which 24,787 received the second dose while the remaining 1,86,457 received the first dose.
So far, a total of 31,59,780 persons in Telangana have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, of which 2,38,182 were health workers, 2,21,275 were frontline workers and 27,00,323 persons were over 45 years of age.
According to the Vaccine Bulletin, 4,42,954 individuals have completed their COVID-19 vaccine schedule by receiving their first and second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine.
So far, Telangana has received 37,24,350 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, 62,970 doses for army personnel and 19,920 doses as buffers at the Covid Immunization Centers (CVC) for advanced scheduling.
the bulletin from Director of Public Health (DPH) said,the net amount of vaccine in Telangana on Thursday is 36,41,460 with a vaccine wastage percentage of 1.06.
