69 new Covid infections across state, 13 are from Raipur alone

Raipur: Amid Raipur recording 13 positive cases of

Covid

19 that includes two children, Chhattisgarh’s Covid-19 logged 69 new cases with two deaths due to infection recorded. There was no fresh Covid case recorded in 19 districts of state while the total number of active cases were 393. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel has appealed citizens to register on CoWin app for administering the third dose booster/ precautionary dose of vaccination from January 1 for people above 60 years of age suffering with comorbidity. While state prepares for vaccination drive for youths aged 15-18 years from January 3, the eligible people will have to get registration done on the portal. The chief minister has directed the officials to spread the word like a campaign with details of vaccination centres and other details.Nodal officer for Coronavirus vaccination, Priyanka Shukla said that state is ready to vaccinate nearly 16.39 lakh youths in the age group of 15-18 years and all the districts officials are prepared.The eligible people will be having an option of only13 Covaxin vaccine.Shukla said that as per the directives of the

Union ministry of health and family

welfare more than 3.4 lakh health workers, 3.19 frontline workers and around 5.16 lakh others with serious ailments and diseases and the elderly people will be administered with third dose of booster vaccine as a preventive.Till date, over 3.26 crore vaccines of both doses have been administered to about 1.62 crore in state as on December 27. The officer said that of the 95 per cent of eligible population in state have been given first dose of Covid vaccine while 62 per cent were administered with both doses.Meanwhile, the Covid-19 figure in state has reached 10,09,741 with death toll 13,600 and 393 active cases.The recovery count increased to 9,93,748 after five people were discharged from hospitals and 14 others completed home isolation during the day, leaving the state with 393 active cases, he said. No fresh coronavirus cases were reported in 19 districts, the official said. With 22,699 swab samples examined during the day, the number of tests in the state went up to 1,48,62,918.
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