Brasília – A balance released this Friday (3) by the Brazilian Ministry of Health indicates that 40% of the Brazilian population over the age of 18 – 64 million people – have already completed vaccination against COVID-19, with the second or single shot. Concerning the first shot, 132 million Brazilians have already received it. The figure represents 83.4% of the target immunization of 160 million adults in the country.
In the Ministry of Health’s judgment, the progress of vaccination is bringing positive results. One of the main ones is the drop in the occupancy rate of hospital beds for COVID-19 in infirmaries and ICUs, which is already below 50%. In the last two months, the moving averages of cases and deaths recorded reductions of 61% and 60%, respectively.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO) data, 581,000 people died of COVID-19 in Brazil. The organization informed that on Thursday, September 2, 839 deaths were recorded in the country. The Brazilian National Immunization Program distributed a total of 233.7 million shots of COVID-19 vaccines.
Translated by Elúsio Brasileiro
