Ludhiana tops Punjab in inoculating most beneficiary categories

Nitin Jain
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, June 29

Ludhiana, which is leading the state in maximum overall Covid vaccination by crossing over 1.15-million mark, is leading in the inoculation of most categories of beneficiaries in Punjab as well, the government has confirmed.

Except the frontline workers (FLWs), healthcare workers (HCWs) to young and old, all types of beneficiaries are leading in getting jabbed in Ludhiana, the official figures have revealed.

The data analysed by the Health and Family Welfare Department, which is available with The Tribune, showed that 1,61,226 FLWs, 76,754 HCWs, 3,47,754 aged between 18-44 years, 4,45,119 between 45-60 age group and 2,94,208 beneficiaries above the age of 60 years have been given the vaccine shots in the district, taking the total number of inoculated persons to 11,53,399, almost one-third of the total population in the district on Tuesday.

Among other districts, Mohali topped the state in vaccinating maximum of 2,51,666 FLWs, followed by Jalandhar 1,00,636, Amritsar 93,584, Gurdaspur 86,526, Hoshiarpur 82,588, Patiala 76,812, Bathinda 56,042, Tarn Taran 40,502, Sangrur 36,886, Moga 34,928, Ferozepur 33,866, Muktsar 31,916, Pathankot 31,853, Nawanshahr 29,287, Fazilka 28,359, Mansa 24,736, Barnala 22,066, Kapurthala 21,819, Ropar 21,279, Faridkot 18,681 and Fatehgarh Sahib 17,491.

In HCWs, Amritsar inoculated second highest 46,120, followed by Jalandhar 30,991, Mohali 23,761, Patiala 19,348, Hoshiarpur 16,526, Gurdaspur 15,553, Bathinda 14,368, Faridkot 11,402, Tarn Taran 10,463, Sangrur 10,415, Moga 7,449, Pathankot 6,891, Kapurthala 6,799, Ferozepur 6,440, Nawanshahr 6,323, Ropar 6,105, Muktsar 5,217, Fatehgarh Sahib 4,947, Fazilka 4,895, Barnala 4,076 and Mansa 3,515.

In the 18-44 age group, Jalandhar jabbed 81,823, followed by Patiala 80,262, Hoshiarpur 75,637, Mohali 43,679, Amritsar 43,297, Gurdaspur 40,622, Ropar 30,099, Kapurthala 28,230, Bathinda 27,491, Sangrur 19,776, Moga 16,283, Pathankot 15,111, Tarn Taran 14,143, Ferozepur 14,092, Faridkot 13,200, Fatehgarh Sahib 10,833, Nawanshahr 9,464, Barnala 8,225, Fazilka 7,809, Muktsar 7,595 and Mansa 6,646.

In the 45-59 year age group, Jalandhar inoculated 2,15,318, followed by Hoshiarpur 1,54,308, Gurdaspur 1,44,005, Amritsar 1,36,404, Patiala 1,14,477, Mohali 1,06,156, Pathankot 75,283, Sangrur 61,078, Kapurthala 64,114, Bathinda 55,008, Nawanshahr 56,929, Tarn Taran 50,278, Moga 49,695, Ropar 45,116, Faridkot 40,340, Fazilka 39,445, Muktsar 38,809, Ferozepur 37,856, Fatehgarh Sahib 28,057, Barnala 27,897 and Mansa 23,027.

In the above 60 year age group, Jalandhar vaccinated the second highest 2,00,404 beneficiaries, followed by Gurdaspur 1,51,063, Hoshiarpur 1,45,299, Amritsar 1,37,220, Patiala 1,13,799, Mohali 98,479, Pathankot 73,407, Nawanshahr 56,668, Sangrur 54,311, Kapurthala 54,057, Bathinda 49,991, Tarn Taran 48,533, Moga 46,864, Faridkot 42,239, Muktsar 38,179, Ropar 37,547, Fazilka 37,286, Ferozepur 35,987, Barnala 28,667, Fatehgarh Sahib 23,801 and Mansa 21,371.

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