Over 1L single-day jabs for fifth time in Sept

Pune: The district on Friday recorded over one lakh vaccinations in a single day for the fifth time in September with 1.39 lakh shots being administered to beneficiaries.
The vaccination drive, according to the Co-WIN dashboard, was conducted across 600-plus vaccination sites in the district. The health department officials stated that the Pune circle, comprising Satara, Solapur and Pune districts, recorded almost three lakh vaccinations on Friday.
Sanjay Deshmukh, assistant director (medical), Pune circle, told TOI, “The Pune circle was given five lakh doses of Covishield and Covaxin on Thursday, following which the mega-vaccination drive was organised.The drive would be continued on Saturday.”
Deshmukh said ample doses had been given to all blocks for the mega vaccination drives. The Pune rural, Satara and Solapur got one lakh-plus doses, while the PMC and the PCMC got 82,000 and 51,000 Covishield doses, respectively,” he said.
After Friday’s drive, the district’s total vaccination figure surpassed 95 lakh. Of them, 67.22 lakh beneficiaries have been given the first dose and 28.04 lakh both the doses.