Brazil’s Paraná state to vaccinate entire 18+ population by late September – Governor

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Monday, June 14, Paraná governor Ratinho Junior (PSD) said that the state will vaccinate its entire population over 18 years of age against Covid-19, with at least the first dose, until the end of September 2021.

Ratinho Junior said that the estimate is based on the Ministry of Health’s schedule in delivering the doses to the state.

The government of Paraná has not announced any schedule by age for the estimate to be met. The full schedule with the expected vaccination, according to the state, will be released throughout the week.

On Friday, June 11, the government announced the beginning of vaccination for people over 40 years of age in the general population. However, the increase of groups served in each city depends on the decisions of city halls, based on the number of available doses.

According to State Health Secretariat (SESA) data, by Monday afternoon, 3,239,009 Paraná residents had been vaccinated, and 1,280,839 of them had been administered the second vaccine dose.

In total, 4,519,848 doses have been administered in the state, according to the Secretariat’s data. Paraná had received 6,075,960 vaccine doses from the National Immunization Plan by Monday.

Monday’s SESA report points out that the state totaled 1,146,320 confirmed coronavirus cases, with 28,049 deaths from the disease. The report pointed to an increase of 73 deaths and 2,684 cases over the day before.

According to the Secretariat, 805,154 people have recovered from Covid in Paraná since the beginning of the pandemic. This represents 70% of the total number of confirmed cases of the disease. Mortality rate stands at 2%.

SESA’s report also pointed out that 97% of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds for adults with coronavirus in the National Health System (SUS) are occupied. See below:

97% of the 1,990 adult ICU beds;
85% of the 2,862 adult ward beds;
45% of the 22 pediatric ICU beds;
50% of the 34 pediatric ward beds.