Even as the BMC has increased its vaccination capacity, the response continues to be less than what is expected. On Thursday, 9,237 people, 82 per cent of the total target, received the vaccine. Though the inoculation of 30 lakh senior citizens and people with comorbidities will start in the coming weeks, the civic body hasn’t yet managed to complete 50 per cent of the Phase I vaccinations. 

Meanwhile, three more private hospitals will start vaccination centres from today, taking the total number of such hospitals involved in the process to 15. While the civic body has started to include new centres and increase the capacity of the existing ones, the response is still less than 90 per cent.