On Saturday, a total of 9,084 persons were vaccinated against COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, taking the total figure to 1,66,130.
As many as 7,120 healthcare workers and 1,964 frontline staff were inoculated. While 7,044 healthcare staff received Covishield, 76 received Covaxin. None of the frontline workers chose Covaxin on Saturday. The vaccination drive was conducted in 563 session sites, with the day’s capacity being 76,100.
With this, a total of 1,57,348 healthcare workers and 8,782 frontline staff have been vaccinated in the State.
In Chennai, a total of 1,250 persons received the vaccines.
Of these, only 85 were frontline staff. Of the day’s capacity of 1,100, 1,057 persons — 1,054 healthcare workers and three frontline staff — were vaccinated in Coimbatore.
Some of the health unit districts — Aranthangi, Cheyyar, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Pudukottai, Ramanathapuram, Tiruvarur and Vellore — had no takers among frontline workers.
Chengalpattu Collector John Louis took the…