With vaccine availability at civic centres becoming erratic, people are turning to private facilities even though they have to shell out Rs 780 for a dose. On Tuesday and Wednesday, private centres administered 70,000 doses, whereas public centres vaccinated merely 13,000 beneficiaries.

In July, private centres administered an average of 25,000 doses daily, against 33,000 doses at public centres. However, from August 1 to August 11, private facilities have vaccinated 2.75 lakh people, while public centres could administer only 1.97 lakh doses.