India
oi-Madhuri Adnal
New Delhi, Mar 04: Nearly 28,000 beneficiaries, including 14,328 senior citizens, received shots of COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital on Thursday, according to data shared by officials. In the 45-59 years age group, 21,755 beneficiaries received the jabs, a senior official said.
Over 5,100 senior citizens in Delhi had received their first shots of the vaccine on Monday when the second phase of the vaccination drive had begun in the national capital.
“Today, 27,959 people were vaccinated, out of which 14,328 were citizens in the age group of 60 and above,” the official said.
On Wednesday, a total of 25,054 beneficiaries, including 13,794 senior citizens and 1,625 people in the age group of 45-59, had received the shots.
In the first phase, starting January 16, over 3.6 lakh beneficiaries comprising healthcare workers and frontline workers, have been vaccinated in Delhi.
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