THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Minister Veena George has announced that more than 24 lakh people have been vaccinated in a week as part of the vaccination drive in the state. From August 9 Monday to Sunday, a total of 24,16,706 people were vaccinated. The vaccination drive was conducted on Monday for 2,54,409 people, on Tuesday for 99,528 people, on Wednesday for 2,42,422 people, on Thursday for 4,08,632 people, on Friday for 5,60,515 people and on Saturday for 5,26,246 people. Today, 3,24,954 people have been vaccinated. Of these, 2,95,294 were given the first dose and 29,660 were given the second dose.

At the same time, the state received another 5 lakh doses of Covi shield vaccine today. This was made available overnight in Ernakulam and is being distributed to other districts. There were 1409 vaccination centers, including 1220 government centers and 189 private centers. So far, a total of 2,42,66,857 people in the state have been vaccinated with one or two doses. Of these, 1,75,79,206 were given the first dose and 66,87,651 were given the second dose.