Kolkata gets highest number of vaccines, followed by N-24 Parganas

SSKM, which has received 3,250 doses of Serum Institute of India’s Covishield, has registered 10,000 frontline workers for the vaccination.

“We are all ready to roll out the vaccine. Preparations have been done. Vaccine doses have been received. However, we were expecting more doses than what most of us have received,” said a Health Department official.

Bengal has so far registered 5,63,475 coronavirus cases and 10,010 fatalities. A total of 680 cases were registered in the last 24 hours while 694 people were discharged. Active cases dropped to 7,272, improving the recovery rate to 96.93 per cent.

According to State Health Department, the state registered 17 deaths in last 24 hours. Among the new positive cases, 159 were reproted from Kolkata and 186 from North 24 Parganas.

Of the 17 deaths, four were from Kolkata and seven from North 24 Parganas.