Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja
A total of 1,222,109 eligible Nigerians have so far received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
According to the statistics released yesterday by National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA), only 60.07 per cent of the targeted population in the first phase had been vaccinated.
The report showed that Lagos State, FCT and Kaduna State were leading in the number of persons vaccinated with 234,166; 70, 422 and 63,669, respectively.
The vaccination statistics showed that Abia has 38,950; Adamawa, 21,016; Akwa Ibom, 13,387; Anambra, 13,180; Bauchi, 37,291; Bayelsa, 10,990; Benue, 24,015; Borno, 24,924 ; Cross River, 17,499; Delta, 22,537; Ebonyi, 10,756; Edo, 30,066; Ekiti, 24,280; Enugu, 15,051; FCT, 70, 422; Gombe, 27,539; Imo, 20,411; Jigawa, 30,177; Kaduna, 63,669; Kano, 62,148; Katsina, 40,550; Kebbi, 16,449 and Kogi, 12,757
Others are: Kwara, 31,387; Lagos, 234,166; Nasarawa, 21,439 ; Niger, 28,165; Ogun, 54,454; Ondo, 31,931; Osun, 23,632; Oyo, 46,043; Plateau, 29,583; Rivers, 34,786; Sokoto, 12,598 Taraba, 11,040; Yobe, 21,590 and Zamfara, 17,194..
