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Davao Region still has 1M unvaccinated


DAVAO CITY, April 21 (PIA) – The Department of Health XI reported that there are still 1,069,299 unvaccinated individuals in the region.


Data as of April 18 showed that the region has so far fully vaccinated 3,048,570 individuals or 69.3% of the target population which is 4,397,683.


This number shows a slim margin from those 3,328,384 individuals who have received their first dose.


Only 424,084 individuals or 9.6% have received their booster or additional dose.


Davao City has already reached 84.6% for the fully vaccinated while 86.6% received their first dose only. The city also received minimal takers of the booster shot with only 242,414 individuals out of the 1,531,004 target individuals.


In the entire Davao Region, the Davao Oriental province and Davao del Norte showed the highest percentage of fully vaccinated with 66.1% and 66.8% respectively.


Davao de Oro comes next with 58.4% fully vaccinated.


Davao del Sur has reached 56.4 percent for those fully vaccinated while Davao Occidental has reached 51.4%.


Among the municipalities in the region, Talaingod of Davao del Norte still has 63.9% unvaccinated of the 23,340 target population; Jose Abad Santos of davao Occidental has 53.6% unvaccinated of the 67,468 target population while Pantukan of Davao de Oro has 47% unvaccinated of their 74,086 target population. (PIA XI/Frances Mae Macapagat)

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