Ludhiana achieves only 56% daily vaccination target

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, July 2

Ludhiana, biggest and most populated district, which has been leading the state in Covid vaccination by crossing over 1.15-million mark, has achieved only 56 per cent of the total inoculation target so far, the government has confirmed.

Ludhiana has ranked fifth in Punjab as far as the achievement of average daily target in the ongoing vaccination driveis concerned, the official figures have revealed.

According to the data analysed by the Health and Family Welfare Department, which is available with The Tribune, Ludhiana’s average daily inoculation target was fixed at 28,122, against which 15,748 persons have been jabbed on an average every day so far, which accounts for 56 per cent of the fixed target.

The target of each district was fixed as per the population and especially the target categories included in the ongoing vaccination drive.

Except six districts, all other 16 districts in the state could not even touch the half-way mark of achieving the 50 per cent target.

While one district achieved between 40 and 50 per cent target, six between 30 and 40 per cent, four between 20 and 30 per cent, four between 20 and 30 per cent, and one district could not even cross 5 per cent target.

While Ropar tops the state with the maximum of 90 per cent achievement by giving shots to 5,318 persons daily on an average against the target of 5,939, Hoshiarpur stands second with 85 per cent achievement by vaccinating 12,447 persons daily against the target of 14,591.

Mohali ranked third with 68 per cent achievement by inoculating 5,322 persons every day against the target of 7,782, while Jalandhar and Kapurthala shared the fourth slot with 62 per cent achievement each by giving jabs to 11,718 against target of 18,871 and 4,391 against target of 7,132 daily, respectively.

Rest all other districts were behind Ludhiana and they included Pathankot, which achieved 43 per cent target by vaccinating 2,280 persons daily against the target of 5,278, followed by Amritsar 39 per cent by inoculating 7,645 against target of 19,810, Tarn Taran 37 per cent with 3,143 jabs daily against target of 8,568, Fatehgarh Sahib 35 per cent with 1,758 against 5,039, Faridkot 32 per cent with 1,620 against 5,085, Patiala and Moga 31 per cent each with 4,791 against 15,242, and 2,702 against 8,602, respectively, Ferozepur 26 per cent with 1,968 against 7,599, Nawanshahr 23 per cent with 1,309 against 5,654, Barnala and Gurdaspur 22 per cent each with 1,130 against 5,059 and 2,959 against 13,639, respectively, Bathinda 18 per cent with 2,058 against 11,463, Sangrur 17 per cent with 2,298 against 13,922, Fazilka and Muktsar 16 per cent each with 1,214 against 7,480 and 1,166 against 7,272, respectivrly, and Mansa remained the laggard with just 5 per cent achievement by giving shots to only 325 persons daily on an average against the target of 6,422.