BSS
  17 Feb 2023, 11:13

89.38pc targeted people get Covid-19 jabs in Rangpur

RANGPUR, Feb 17, 2023 (BSS) – As many as 89.38 percent of the targeted 1,76,10,956 people of all eight districts in Rangpur have so far been vaccinated with the first doses of Covid-19 jabs.
 
“Till Thursday, 1,57,40,666 persons or 89.39 percent against the targeted people got the first doses of Covid-19 jabs, and among them, 1,46,46,837 people or 83.17 percent got the second doses,” Divisional Director (Health) Dr. ABM Abu Hanif said.
 
At the same time, 69,52,060 persons have been vaccinated with the booster doses and 3,23,588 people with the fourth doses of Covid-19 jabs in the division.
 
Meanwhile, more 16,211 doses of Covid-19 jabs were administered on Thursday as the first, second, booster and fourth doses raising the total number of vaccinated jabs to three crore 76 lakh 63 thousand and 151 doses in the division.
        
The total number of Covid-19 patients remained steady at 64,955 as no fresh Covid-19 cases were diagnosed after testing 13 new samples on Thursday.
       
The number of recovered Covid-19 patients remained steady at 63,662 as no more patients healed during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today.
 
“Besides, the number of casualties also remained steady at 1,293 as no new death was reported during the last 24 hours,” Dr. Hanif added.