Over 20% of total vaccine doses given in Bengaluru

Experts emphasise need to bridge digital divide and microplan to ensure no area is deprived of benefits of vaccination

Although Karnataka is one of the few States that has administered more than one crore doses of vaccine to various categories of beneficiaries so far, there is a considerable gap between urban and rural areas. Till Thursday (May 20), the State administered 1,17,94,907 doses. This includes 92,23,948 first doses and 25,70,959 second doses. Over 20% of the total doses have been administered in Bengaluru. This includes 18.73% in BBMP areas apart from 2.75% in Bengaluru Urban limits. This is followed by Mysuru, where 7.05% of the total doses have been administered. Kodagu and Yadgir have seen the lowest with 1.07% and 1.4% of doses administered respectively.