Kerala Vaccination: 1 Cr Jabs Doled Out As State Govt Speeds Up Inoculation Drive

Kerala Health Ministry on Saturday said in a statement that since the first dose of the corona vaccine was given in the third week of January, one crore doses have been administered till now in the state.

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Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala health authorities on Saturday said that since the first dose of the corona vaccine was given in the third week of January, one crore doses have been administered so far in the state.

Stating the total number of doses the health officers in a statement said that vaccination numbers add 78,75,797 first dose and 21,37,389 second dose. The State has efficiently administered the vaccination without wasting a single dose in the Inoculation process.

In total 27,96,267 people between 45 to 60 years of age group received their first vaccine dose, while 1,97,052 people received their second dose.

Also, 4,74,676 people in the age group of 18 to 44 years received their first vaccine dose.

Similarly, 35,48,887 people above 60 years got their first jab and 11,38,062 received their second dose.

Health workers who were the first to receive the vaccine jabs, 5,20,788 got the first dose while 4,03,698 got their second one, too. Besides, 5,35,179 frontline staff in the state got their first jab and 3,98,527 got both the doses.

The health ministry statement said that the state government procured 1,04,13,620 vaccine doses that include 7,46,710 Covishield and 1,37,580 Covaxin vaccines, while the Centre supplied 86,84,680 Covishield and 8,44,650 Covaxin doses to the state.