MANILA – A total of 29,127,240 doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered nationwide as of Aug. 18, the Department of Health reported Thursday.
At an online press briefing, Health Undersecretary Myrna Cabotaje said the highest single-day record of 710,482 jabs was conducted on Aug. 5, a day before the start of the enhanced community quarantine in Metro Manila.
The moving weekly accomplishment is 3,560,894 jabs administered.
About 94.72 percent or 1,553,208 of 1,639,714 healthcare workers (A1) have been fully vaccinated while 16.47 percent or 1,950,832 of 28,299,613 essential sector workers (A4) have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccines.
For the senior citizens (A2) group, 38.81 percent or 3,777,446 of 8,270,544 target population are fully vaccinated.
Meantime, 68 percent or 4,850,387 out of 7,085,183 persons with comorbidities (A3) have received two doses of Covid-19 jabs.
“Then, our poor population, those who completed the doses are at 10 percent of 12.9 million and the expanded A1 (outbound OFWs, healthcare workers and additional A1), 328,440 are complete doses and 595,881 received first doses,” Cabotaje said.
The total number of vaccine doses deployed in 4,584 vaccination sites nationwide is 38,897,170 out of the 42,620,800 delivered to the country as of Aug. 19.
The country’s target population for Covid-19 vaccination is 77,139,058 individuals to achieve herd protection. (PNA)
