Gujarat crosses 1 crore Covid booster dose in 18-60 years age group

Gujarat on Thursday crossed 1 crore booster doses of Covid vaccine in 18 to 60 years age group. 

With about 4 crore beneficiaries, 25% of the population of the state has now got three doses of the vaccine. 

In the senior citizen age group, 54.73 lakh have got the booster dose, which is over 70%, said health department officials.

On Thursday, Gujarat recorded 182 new Covid cases and deaths of two active patients. Ahmedabad city recorded 59 cases and death of a patient. 

Other cases included 30 from Vadodara city, 27 from Surat city, and 16 from Surat district among others. Two of the 33 districts have zero active Covid cases.

Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 1,617 persons for the first dose and 4,631 for the second. In all, 5.43 crore are administered first and 5.39 crore second dose of Covid vaccine.