Latest vaccination statistics of the city have revealed that the number of vaccine takers among youngsters has increased in comparison to other age groups in Mumbai. Although vaccination for people aged between 18 and 44 years started last, it has overtaken the other two age groups, above 60 and 45-59 years, within a month.

While 13.95 lakh shots have been administered to senior citizens and 14.87 lakh to people aged between 45 and 59 years, 15.14 lakh doses have been given to people aged below 45 years. The free vaccination for youngsters started only last week and as such, a majority of the shots are paid ones.