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More than 380,000 individuals vaccinated in Cagayan de Oro

Jo Ann Sablad

THE cumulative number of individuals who have received their doses of the Covid-19 vaccine in Cagayan de Oro as of September 23, 2021, was 388,976, according to the report of the City Health Insurance Office.

Of the 388,976 vaccinated Kagay-anons, 239,844 got their first dose of the vaccines, while 149,132 were fully vaccinated.

According to the said report, among the 388,976 vaccinees, 297,816 were vaccinated in city-run vaccination sites and 91,160 were vaccinated in Cagayan de Oro hospitals.

Of the 297,816 individuals vaccinated in city-run vaccination sites, 28,807 were frontline healthcare workers, 54,006 were senior citizens, 80,207 were persons with comorbidities, 121,826 were essential frontline workers, 9,663 were from the A5 priority group, and 3,307 were from the Filipino-Chinese community.

Meanwhile, Cagayan de Oro has recorded 79 vaccinated deaths as of September 23.

Of the said figure, 40 were vaccinated with Sinovac vaccine, 19 with AstraZeneca, 11 with Janssen, six with Sputnik V, and three with Pfizer.

Cagayan de Oro now has a total of 821 Covid-19 deaths, of which majority of them were unvaccinated at 90 percent or 742.

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