Rawalpindi   -  As many as 28,251 vaccine doses were administered in the past 24 hours, the total district tally of coronavirus vaccination reached 1,685,810 here on Sunday.

According to fresh data released by the District Health Authority, 38,760 health workers while 1,648,050 other people including senior citizens have received their dose so far.

The report said that the district health authority has registered 137 new infections during the last 24 hours including 128 of Rawalpindi and nine from outside the district while three people lost their battle of life.

The patients reported during the last 24 hours included 23 who belonged to Rawal Town, 20 from  Potohar town, 32 from  Rawalpindi Cantt, seven from Gujar Khan, 24 from Kahutta, three from Kalar Syeda, 16 from Taxila, two from Murree, four from AJK, two from Attock and one each from Kotli Sattian, Islamabad, Chakwal and Mianwali.

“Presently 224 confirmed patients were admitted to various facilities of the city including 51 in Holy Family Hospital, 35 in Benazir Bhutto Hospital, 78 in Institute of Urology, 35 in Fauji Foundation Hospital, five in District Headquarter Hospital, four each in Bilal and Hearts international hospital, two in Akhtar Rukhsana Memorial Trust and one in Attock hospital,” he added. The report elaborated that five patients were on the ventilators in critical condition, 100 stable and 119 on oxygen.

Meanwhile, District Health Officer (DHO) DHA Dr Ehsan Ghani while talking to APP said that around 54 per cent population above 18 years of age had been vaccinated so far under the ongoing anti-covid vaccination drive in the district. 

He said that the population of Rawalpindi district aged 18 years and above was around 3 million out of which 1.68 million people had been inoculated against coronavirus. Dr Ehsan said that the set target to cover 70 per cent population above 18 years would be achieved soon.  He informed that Rawalpindi was one of the eight districts of Punjab where a vaccination campaign was being carried out at the union council level.  The DHO asked the residents to get themselves jabbed at the earliest as the vaccination was the only way to control the spread of the virus.