Bras\u00edlia \u2013 A balance released this Friday (3) by the Brazilian Ministry of Health indicates that 40% of the Brazilian population over the age of 18 \u2013 64 million people \u2013 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.<\/p>\n
In the Ministry of Health\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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