Thiruvananthapuram : , December 11, 2011 – Veena George, Kerala’s Health Minister, stated that 70% of Kerala’s over-18-year-old population has been given both Covid and polio vaccines.
“So far 96.87 per cent (2,58,72,847) of Kerala’s population above 18 years have by now taken one dose, of which 70.37 per cent (1,87,96,209) have taken both the doses.In all 4,46,69,056 vaccine doses have been given which includes the first and second dose, she said.
Nationally, the data for those who have taken the first dose is 86.52 per cent while 53.84 per cent have received both the doses.
George said, “With Omicron variant still in danger, local authorities have been asked for extra effort to make sure that the second dose is given to those who need it.”
Even with Kerala leading the rest of the country in terms of vaccination against Covid-19, it continues to lead in the daily number of new cases and has the highest number of active cases which has been the trend for the last two months.
On Friday 4,169 new cases were registered after 66,715 samples were tested and there were 40,546 active cases across the state.
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