A total of 8,774 healthcare workers were vaccinated in the city on Saturday, which is the highest single-day count till now, said a Delhi government spokesperson.
Ten Adverse Events Following Immunisation (AEFI) were also reported.
The number of people vaccinated on Saturday was 82.7% of the daily target of 10,600.
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The number of vaccination sites was increased from 81 to 106 on Thursday. Each site has a target of 100 healthcare workers each; total target has now increased from 8,100 to 10,600.
The government plans to increase the number of vaccination sites to 1,000 in a phased manner.
Of the 10 AEFI, seven were from using Covishield and three from Covaxin.
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The city is currently inoculating about 2.4 lakh healthcare workers whose names have been registered with the government and it is voluntary.
Meanwhile, the Capital witnessed 183 new COVID-19 cases in 24 hours, taking the total number of cases to 6,34,956, read a health bulletin released by the Delhi government on Saturday.
Also, eight more deaths have been reported, taking the total number of deaths to 10,849. A total of 68,967 tests were done in the past 24 hours.
Of the total cases, 6,22,671 people have recovered and there are 1,436 active cases.
The positivity rate of COVID-19 cases was 0.27% on Saturday and the overall positivity till now was 5.94%, as per the bulletin.
Out of the total 8,621 beds available for COVID-19 treatment in the city, 91.9% beds were vacant.
There were only 543 people under home isolation and 693 in hospitals.