42,112 persons vaccinated against COVID-19

First dose vaccination coverage in the country has risen to 78.7% with 42,112 persons vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday.

As of 4 March, second dose coverage was 66.04% of the total population, Our World in Data States.

According to the Epidemiology Unit, 16,921,171 persons have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine and 14,205,539 persons have received the second dose as well.

The third dose has been administered to 7,306,152 persons. This includes 30,381 persons vaccinated on Saturday.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 2,593 persons received the first dose of Pfizer on Saturday and 6,281 persons received the second dose of the vaccine. In total, 2,452,888 persons have received the first dose of Pfizer and 741,778 persons have received the second dose as well. On Saturday, 786 persons received the first dose of Sinopharm, raising the number of persons to have received the first dose of the vaccine in total to 12,024,741. The second dose of Sinopahrm has been administered to 11,101,995 persons. This includes 2,071 persons vaccinated on Saturday.

The first dose of AstraZeneca has been administered to 1,479,631 persons and the second dose has been administered to 1,418,593 persons.

A total of 804,801 persons have received the first dose of Moderna and 787,361 persons have received the second dose as well.

The Epidemiology Unit states that 159,110 persons have received the first dose of Sputnik V and 155,812 persons have received the second dose of the vaccine.