Online Desk : About 5.5 lakh people have so far taken the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines in the country. A total of 5,42,309 people have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines. Of them, 3,86,578 were male and 1,55,731 were female, said a press release of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
A total of 2,04, 540 people took the COVID-19 vaccines in the past 24 hours. Of them, 1,40,152 were male and 68,388 were female.
Out of the total of 5,42,309 people who got vaccinated, 1,39,989 people took vaccines in Dhaka division, 25,828 in Mymensigh division, 1,30,794 in Chattogram division, 63,664 in Rajshahi division, 52,256 in Rangpur division, 59,369 in Khulna division, 22,681 in Barishal division and 47,728 in Sylhet division.
