CHENNAI: According to health officials, the Tamil Nadu state on Sunday received 5.48 lakh doses of Covishield, giving the confidence for an increased vaccination drive. With about 17 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines in stock, the state is targeting for 5 lakh vaccinations a day from Monday onwards. Tamil Nadu health department administered 3.3 lakh doses of vaccine on Sunday taking the number of people inoculated in the state to 2.94 crore.

Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma. Subramanian said that the inoculation drive has attained momentum and around 150 villages in the state are fully vaccinated. He has also emphasized the Union government for a one-time supply of 1 crore doses of vaccine and is expecting a positive response from the Centre, according to a senior official.  He also said that the tourist spots like Tiruvannamalai, Velankanni, Nilgiris, and Nagoor will soon achieve 100 per cent vaccination. The state has been promoting tourism and had given preference to all the tourist spots for vaccination drives.

It is testing more than 1.6 lakh samples every day and has recorded 1 percent positivity rate, while the fatality rate for the past three weeks recorded an average of 1.3 per cent. Tamil Nadu reported 1,538 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

Meanwhile, The health department has joined hands with the state police and is strictly monitoring the borders of Kerala where the positivity rate was 19.68 percent on Sunday with a total number of fresh Covid-19 cases touching 29,836.

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