Hyderabad (Telangana): Covid-19 vaccination in Telangana continues at a brisk pace as the authorities administered 2.45 lakh doses on Saturday, officials said. A total of 2,45,098 doses were administered across the state, taking the cumulative doses administered to 1,03,24,320.
According to the director of public health Dr G. Srinivasa Rao, 2,17,789 people received the first dose while 27,309 were given the second dose. The cumulative numbers for the first and second dose reached 88,47,880 and 14,76,440 respectively. For a third consecutive day, the state-administered over two lakh doses. The state had crossed the one crore doses mark on June 25. Vaccination was carried out at 1,114 centres including 57 private centres across the state on Saturday.
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The majority of the beneficiaries continued to be in the 18-44 age group. As many as 1,73,928 people from this age group were vaccinated on Saturday. With this, the cumulative number of vaccinated people in this age group mounted to 34.55 lakh. Over 59 lakh people above 45 years have also been vaccinated so far.