Synopsis
Between June 25-30, the number of daily doses administered in rural areas were in the range of 9.9 lakh- 40.4 lakh. However, it dropped to 8 lakh-38.1 lakh doses between July 1-9. In urban areas, the daily doses varied from 8.2 lakh-31.8 lakh doses during June 25-30, whereas during July 1-9, around 7.6 lakh -27.8 lakh doses were given.
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However, the average daily vaccination still remained above the pre-June 21 level and officials said pace of vaccination is likely to pick up again in the following weeks.
(This story originally appeared in on Jul 12, 2021)NEW DELHI: There is a dip in average daily vaccination against Covid-19 which fell to 37.2 lakh doses in the week of July 05-10 from over 61.1 lakh doses in the week starting June 21 and nearly 42 lakh doses in the following week (June 28-July 04), CoWin data shows.
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