94% Covid deaths since Feb ’21 among unvaxxed

Mumbai: Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Wednesday said 94% of Covid deaths in Mumbai since February 2021 has been among those who did not taken the vaccine. “I appeal to Mumbaikars to take the vaccine. Even those who have taken the vaccine are getting infected, but the severity of Covid-19 infection is much less for them,” she said. According to the data provided by the BMC, of the 4,575 Covid deaths from February 1, 2021, to January 4, 2022, the number of deaths among the unvaccinated individuals was 4,320, or about 94%.

Health authorities have expressed concern over the fact that nearly 98 lakh in the state are yet to take the first dose of the Covid vaccine. They directed district officials to step up the drive and get the left-out population inoculated. Maharashtra has an estimated 9.14 crore residents aged 18 years and above and the first dose of the anti-Covid vaccine has been administered on nearly 8.16 crore beneficiaries. The state introduced some curbs on January 8 following a rise in cases and started the precaution dose drive on Monday. All local authorities have been given a deadline to cover the pending population in districts. Thane, Nashik, Jalgaon, Ahmednagar and Nanded are leading the list of the maximum number of unvaccinated people. While 81.16 crore people have got the first dose in the state, 5.64 crore have also taken the second dose. In all, 3.5 crore are still to take the second shot.