Bengaluru Rural becomes first district in Karnataka to achieve 100% Covid vaccination coverage

Bengaluru Rural has become the first district in Karnataka to fully vaccinate all of its eligible population against Covid.

Bengaluru Rural has become the first district in Karnataka to vaccinate all of its eligible population. According to the government, all eligible people in the district have been double vaccinated against Covid.

Karnataka Health Minister Sudhakar K congratulated health workers and district administration for achieving 100 per cent vaccination target.

Bengaluru Rural becomes the 1st district in Karnataka to achieve100% second dose coverage!11 districts have achieved over 90% second dose coverage!Congrats to all the health workers and district administration involved in this!#COVID19 #vaccinated pic.twitter.com/xR0MdwsUBl

Besides, 11 districts are also close to achieving this feat. They have vaccinated over 90 per cent of its population with both doses of Covid vaccine.

Meanwhile, Bengaluru Urban remained the top major contributor of Covid-19 cases in Karnataka, which has been witnessing a surge in coronavirus infections. On Sunday, Bengaluru Urban registered 11,938 Covid cases and fourteen Covid deaths, taking the total number of infections to 1,32,171.