Brazil vaccinated 55.7% of the population with third dose against covid

Brazil has reached 80.75% of the population with the 1st complete vaccination cycle against covid-19. The number represents 172,252,556 people vaccinated with two or a single dose until Thursday, September 29.

The number of people vaccinated with at least one dose is 181,889,144 -equivalent to 85.3% of the population.

The booster dose was applied to 118,752,611 inhabitants, about 55.7% of the population. In total, 472,894,311 doses were administered in the country.

The data are from the coronavirusbra1 platform, which compiles records from the state health departments.

For the 1st complete vaccination cycle, the vaccines administered in Brazil with two doses are CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer. Also in use is Janssen’s vaccine, which requires only one dose.

The booster dose is preferably applied with the Pfizer immunizer, regardless of the vaccine used in the 1st immunization cycle.

São Paulo state has the most advanced pace of vaccination: 91.5% of the population has been vaccinated with the 1st or single dose. Amapá has the slowest pace (68.2%).

São Paulo is also the state with the most fully vaccinated population (88.9%). Roraima has the lowest percentage of fully vaccinated people (55.5%).

With information from Poder360