How many residents of Mumbai have been vaccinated?

Citizens await their turn to get vaccinated at Byculla

Even as the city has administered over 1.12 crore vaccine doses and the BMC claims that almost 80 per cent of the population has taken at least one dose, the civic body could be far from vaccinating 100 per cent eligible residents by October. At least 4 out of 10 individuals vaccinated in Mumbai live out of the city limits, said sources. As per the corporation, the city has 90 lakh eligible citizens.

Officials from the civic body's health department said that Mumbai's count of fully or partially vaccinated will vary if they consider those coming from beyond city limits to get vaccine shots in areas covered by the BMC. Of the 1.12 crore doses delivered in Mumbai so far, 77.8 lakh were first shots and 35.18 lakh were second jabs.

A beneficiary is given a dose of Covaxin at Matunga West on Monday. Pics/Ashish Raje

The BMC estimates that about 45 lakh doses have been administered to residents of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region that includes Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan-Dombivli, Navi Mumbai, Vasai-Virar and Mira-Bhayandar. Officials said it is important for these residents to be vaccinated as well since most of them travel to Mumbai for work every day. Citing their earlier experience, they said the second wave had hit following the opening of local trains.

Officials said many from Mumbai have been jabbed in other areas, too. "Similar to MMR citizens being inoculated here, many of our citizens too had gone out of the city when there was an acute shortage. So citizens of Mumbai are counted in other municipal corporation's data as well."

To ensure maximum reach and to know how many citizens living in the city are fully vaccinated, state minister Aaditya Thackeray has suggested having QR codes for buildings where residents are fully vaccinated. This can help the BMC gauge the actual numbers easily. The corporation also plans to have vaccination centres that can cater to 50 to 60 buildings in a particular area.

90 lakh
No of eligible citizens in Mumbai