Karnataka news live: Bharat Biotech to soon start Covaxin manufacturing unit in Bengaluru Karnataka news live: Bharat Biotech to soon start Covaxin manufacturing unit in Bengaluru The vaccination drive, relaunched on June 21, slowed down in Karnataka due to short supply of doses and this has nixed the government’s plan to cover at least 80% of the adult population by October when the third wave is expected to hit. While the drive saw a downtrend since then, the total number of doses administered in the state was 1.24 lakh doses on June 27 before rising to 3.4 lakh on Tuesday (June 29). With supply dwindling, the number of vaccine centres in Karnataka has come down from 5,700 on June 21 to 4,528 on Tuesday. Karnataka reported 3,222 new Covid-19 cases and 93 related deaths taking the total number of infections to 28,40,428 and toll to 34,929 respectively on Tuesday. Stay with TOI for all the latest updates:Read Less