New Delhi: Across India more than 2.6 crore people had registered for Covid-19 vaccinations till Tuesday. A majority of the appointments (around 75%) being booked online on Co-Win or through the Aarogya Setu app.
Men accounted for 58.5% of total registrations while more than 41% were women and 3,775 registrations were in the “other” category. Majority of the vaccination is happening in government hospitals. The government allowed private hospitals with necessary facilities to conduct Covid-19 vaccinations but only about 18% of planned capacity was in the private sector.
Officials say that 36 lakh vaccinations can be done in a day but on 60% is being done. Of the 22,405 sites that conducted vaccination across the country on Tuesday, only 4,681 were in private hospitals, accounting for 6.5 lakh planned vaccinations. On the other hand, 17,724 sites in government facilities where sessions were held had a planned capacity of over 29.5 lakh, data till 9 pm on Tuesday showed.
A senior official said that hospitals that are conducting vaccinations but have not created sessions on the Co-Win platform. India administered over 2.4 crore doses of the Covid vaccine till 7 pm on Tuesday.
Of this, 82% were first doses to health and frontline workers along with those above 60 years of age and those between 45 and 60 years with specified co-morbidities. The rest of the doses were given as second dose to health and frontline workers.
