São Paulo state has 75% of adult population partially vaccinated against Covid-19
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the state government’s vaccinometer data, by Monday, July 26, 25.39 million people over the age of 18 had been administered at least one vaccine dose.
A total of 9.3 million people, representing some 26%, completed their vaccination scheme with two vaccine doses from the Coronavac, Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech’s immunizers, or a single dose from Janssen.
The rate of vaccinated individuals according to the total population shows that the state immunized 55.3% with at least one dose and 20.6% with two doses or with Janssen’s single shot, placing São Paulo first among the states.
The state’s adult population amounts to 35.3 million, according to IBGE’s (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) 2020 estimates. The São Paulo state government expects to vaccinate everyone in this public with at least one dose by August 20.
In absolute figures, São Paulo is the state vaccinating the most people in Brazil. On Monday alone, 399,475 doses were administered, among first, second and single doses. Since the beginning of the immunization campaign, on January 17, 34.8 million doses have now been administered.
Source: Veja
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