Covid shots in Brazil: 66.7% are fully injected

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil has reached 66.7% of the population with the first complete cycle of jabs against Covid-19. As of 9:30 p.m. Wednesday (Dec. 22, 2021), 142,351,134 people had been vaccinated with two doses or a single dose.

The first dose was administered to 160,908,061 people, representing 75.4% of Brazilians. The booster dose was applied to 24,252,231 residents – 11.4% of the population. A total of 327,511,426 doses were administered in the country.

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

CoronaVac, AstraZeneca, and Pfizer administered two doses in Brazil for the first full injection cycle. Janssen’s vaccine, which requires only one dose, is also used.

The 3rd dose is preferably administered with the Pfizer/BioNTech drug, regardless of which other brand was used in the first vaccination cycle.

São Paulo is the state where injections have progressed the furthest, with 82% of the population injected with the first dose. The pace is lowest in Roraima (57.6%).

São Paulo is also the state with the highest percentage of fully injected population (78.1%). Amapá has the lowest rate of fully injected people (39.1%).

The data come from the coronavirusbra1 platform, maintained by Carlos Achy, Leonardo Medeiros, Wesley Cota, and volunteers, who compile the vaccination figures published by the state ministries of health.

Most injections as a percentage, 2 shots:

São Paulo 78.1%
Piauí 72.4%
Mato Grosso Sul 71.8%
Minas Gerais 70.8%
Rio Grande Sul 69.7%

Least injections in percentage, 2 shots

Amapá 39.1%
Roraima 41.3%
Acre 47.7%
Tocatins 51.9%
Maranhão 50.1%