RANGPUR, Nov 23, 2022 (BSS) – More 26,025 children aged 5-11 years were vaccinated with the first doses of Covid-19 jabs in Rangpur division on Tuesday.
 
“So far, a total of 17,52,970 students aged 5-11 years of 5,086 primary level educational institutions have been administered with the first doses of Covid-19 jabs in the division,” Acting Divisional Director (Health) Dr. Md. Habibur Rahman said today.
 
Meanwhile, the number of administered Covid-19 jabs rose to three crore 47 lakh 54 thousand and 193 with the inoculation of a total of 63,641 doses of the jabs as the first, second and booster doses on Tuesday.   
 
“Till Tuesday, a total of 1,54,59,846 people got the first doses of Covid-19 jabs, and of them, 1,33,14,191 got the second doses and 59,80,156 as the booster doses,” Dr. Rahman said.
 
The number of Covid-19 patients remained steady at 64,948 as no fresh Covid-19 cases were diagnosed after testing 15 new samples on Tuesday in the division.
       
The number of recovered Covid-19 patients remained steady at 63,641 as no more patients healed during the last 24 hours ending at 8 am today.
 
“Besides, the number of casualties also remained steady at 1,293 as no new death was reported from the division during the last 24 hours,” Dr. Rahman said.