However, health department officials are worried about the low percentage of booster dose vaccine coverage.
According to the Directorate of Public Health Data, the precaution dose coverage is 47.78%. The first dose coverage is 94.36% and second dose coverage is 84.85%.
On Tuesday, the State reported 332 cases against 255 cases on Monday. The test positivity rate (TPR) increased to 2.9% from 0.8% on June 6. The number of daily cases breached the 300-mark after three months. Last time the State reported more than 300 cases was on March 2 (320).
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