Delhi's Covid-19 vaccination numbers pick up

The pace of Covid-19 vaccination in Delhi has remained high and steady over the last one week, with 70,000-85,000 shots being administered each day, barring Sunday.

The high numbers are driven by immunisation of children in the 12-14 age bracket. There were only 4,340 shots administered on Sunday, of which 1,795 were in children between the ages of 12 and 14. Over the last week, 54.6% of the shots were administered in this age group.

Children in the 12-14 age bracket are being administered BiologicalE's protein subunit vaccine Corbevax. The two doses of the vaccine are to be taken one month apart.

So far, 2,86,591 shots have been administered in this age group, according to the government's CoWIN portal. There are about 6 lakh children in this category. "The exact numbers are not known because every day, more children become eligible for it," the official said.

Over 90% of adults in Delhi have been fully immunised. However, administration of the precautionary third dose has been slow. So far, 4,80,611 precautionary doses have been given in Delhi.

With the government opening up the drive to all those above 60 years with or without comorbidities, 21 lakh general people, 2.4 lakh healthcare workers and 3.5 lakh frontline workers are eligible for it.