São Paulo is Brazil’s first state to vaccinate over half of its population with first dose

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The pandemic and vaccination figures in Brazil as compliled by the media outlet consortium show that 1,083,286 people been administered the first dose in 24 hours and 511,927 the second dose or the single-dose vaccine. The day totaled 1,595,213.

So far, 90,026,281 people have been administered the first dose in the country, representing 42.51% of the population, and 34,357,342 people are fully immunized with the two doses or the single dose, representing 16.22% of Brazilians.

São Paulo on Monday, July 19, became the first state to vaccinate more than half of the population with the first dose.

In 24 hours, the country recorded 615 Covid deaths. The total since the beginning of the pandemic now reaches 542,877 deaths by the disease.

There were 16,347 new cases confirmed in 24 hours, raising the total to 19,389,167. That is an average of 40,594 new cases per day, down 17% compared with the average of two weeks ago.

The average number of deaths stands at 1,224 per day, 21% less than two weeks ago.

Two states show an increase in the average number of deaths: Roraima and Tocantins. Six states and the Federal District are stable while 18 states are in decline.

Source: G1

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