On November 9, Mumbai crossed the milestone of vaccinating over 1.5 crore citizens. As per the BMC, a total of 1,50,67,883 doses, including the first and the second doses, have been administered so far in the city.

The milestone of administering 50 lakh jabs in Mumbai was achieved on June 26 and the feat of administering one core jabs was achieved on September 4, 2021.

However, about 92,36,500 eligible citizens are yet to be vaccinated (with both doses) in the jurisdiction of the BMC. Of them, 92,04,950 citizens or 99 per cent have taken the first jab.

 The 1.5 crore vaccine doses include the jabs administered at vaccinations centres run by the BMC, the state government and private facilities.

In Mumbai, the vaccination drive began on January 16. Initially, health workers were inoculated. Gradually, frontline workers, senior citizens above 60 years and citizens in the age group of 45 to 59 years with comorbidities, citizens above 45 years of age were covered.

The people in the age group of 18 to 45 years became eligible for vaccination on May 1, 2021.

And with the Covid-19 cases reducing in the city in recent times, Mumbai reported 283 cases on November 11. On the other hand, Maharashtra logged 997 new coronavirus infections and 28 fatalities.