Brazil reached 66 million people with booster vaccines against covid-19 this Sunday, 6, which represents only 30.7% of the population. Booster vaccination is defended by experts as necessary at this time, with transmission still considered high for the coronavirus. It began to be applied in the country in November.
The daily data from Brazil are from the consortium of press vehicles formed by Estadão, g1, The globe, Extra, sheet and UOLtogether with the Health Departments of the 26 States and the Federal District, in a balance sheet released at 8 pm.
According to the balance sheet, the country has 173 million people with the first dose (80.5% of the population) and 155.7 million with the second dose or single-dose immunizing agent (72.5%). In 24 hours, 187,500 new doses were applied, of which 110,700 were boosters. In the last 24 hours, there were no updates in the information of the States of Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Sergipe and Tocantins.
About a month and a half after the start of the campaign for the age group, the number of children aged 5 to 11 years vaccinated with one dose is at 9.6 million, that is, 47.1% of the target audience. Of the total, 292,300 also took the second dose. Data compiled by Estadão show that childhood immunization is advancing at a slow pace.
Brazil has an average of 430 deaths from covid-19 daily
With 219 new deaths from covid-19 recorded in the last 24 hours, Brazil reached 652,207 confirmed victims of the disease this Sunday. The moving average of deaths, which eliminates distortions between weekdays and weekends, stands at 430, staying below 500 for the fourth day in a row. The average is still high compared to the first two weeks of the year, for example, when it was below 100.
In 24 hours, 15,810 new cases of coronavirus were also reported. The moving average of positive tests stood at 40,161. This is the fourth day in a row that the number has dropped below 50,000. The total number of positive diagnoses stands at 29,045,946. Data for the last 24 hours do not include the Federal District.
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