THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: As many as 22,852 health workers received vaccine shots against COVID-19 in the state on Saturday, Health Minister KK Shailaja said. With this, a total of 1,59,325 health workers have received the vaccine.

The vaccination program took place in 310 centers on Saturday. Thiruvananthapuram district had the highest number(45) of vaccination centers.

The number of vaccine centers in other districts is as follows:

Alappuzha- 26, Ernakulam- 35, Kannur- 26, Kasaragod- 6, Kollam- 10, Kottayam- 18, Kozhikode- 30, Malappuram- 29, Palakkad- 21, Pathanamthitta- 29, Thrissur- 30 and Wayanad- 5.

Ernakulam district had the highest number of health workers (3359) receiving the vaccine.