81,728 precaution doses administered on day one
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Chief Minister launches booster dose vaccination programme
On day one of the booster dose vaccination programme for healthcare, frontline and senior citizens with comorbidities, Karnataka administered 81,728 doses till 8.30 pm. This is the fourth highest in the country after Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan. While Gujarat administered 1,55,714 booster doses, Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan administered 1,21,457 and 95,540 doses respectively.
That apart, 70,201 children in the 15-17 years age group and 2,07,604 adult population were also inoculated on Monday. With this, Karnataka has crossed nine crore doses on Monday. According to data from the CoWIN portal, a total of 9,00,34,783 doses including 5,00,83,381 first doses have been administered so far.
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