28-04-21 Daily-Punjab-PPSC Current Affairs

Despite vaccination being considered the most effective way of suppressing the spread of Covid-19, in Punjab, the ratio of people who have been inoculated is lesser than the infection rate. This has been stated in the Ecowrap report of the <a href="https://exam.pscnotes.com/state-bank-of-india”>State Bank Of India.

Against the national Average of 4.3, Punjab has an injection to infection ratio of 4. The neighbouring states ofHimachal Pradeshand Haryana have fared much better. Haryana is at par with the national average while the hill state of Himachal has injection to infection ratio of 8.

With senior citizens accounting for 10.3% of the states total Population of 27,743,338, Punjab is among the top five states in the country Kerala (12.6%), Goa (11.2%), Tamil Nadu (10.4%) and HP (10.2%) having higher proportion of older population than the national average of 8.6%.