In Telangana, over 28 thousand elderly people and those who are above 45 years of age with comorbidities have been vaccinated while the Second Phase vaccination is underway. The State Health authorities have so far administered COVID vaccine to over four lakh 79 thousand.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that the Second Phase COVID vaccination is slowly picking up momentum with the Telangana State authorities increasing the COVID Vaccination Centres day by day.<br />''<br />''The state authorities have scaled up the CVCs to 292 on the 3rd day yesterday from the 100 CVCs when the Second Phase vaccination commenced on 1st of this month. Total 28 thousand 555 elderly people including those of above 45 years with comorbidities have been vaccinated.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, many public personalities including State Health Minister Eatala Rajender, Legislative Council Chairman Gutta Sukhender Reddy and Assembly Speaker Pocharam Srinivas Reddy have taken COVID vaccine. On the other hand, Telangana reported 152 fresh COVID cases during the past 24 hours.<br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">The state so far reported over two lakh 99 thousand COVID cases out of which 98.8 per cent that means over two lakh 95 thousand already recovered. Currently, the state has over 19 hundred active COVID-19 cases.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | March 4, 2021 12:28 PM
Over 4.79 lakh people vaccinated against COVID-19 in Telangana