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62% of the population in Bolivia have already received the first dose of the anticovid vaccine, according to the Government

After applying 59,181 vaccines against Covid this Thursday Bolivia managed to immunize 62% of the target population with first doses, according to the Government report through the Ministry of Health and Sports. In addition, 493 patients defeated the virus and 536 confirmed cases were detected, after performing 6,262 nasal antigen tests.

The department of Santa Cruz concentrates the largest amount Of the new infected, with 262, Cochabamba with 106, La Paz with 56, Chuquisaca with 40, Tarija with 38, Oruro with 16, Potosí with 15 and three in Beni. Pando did not report any illnesses from the virus.

Thus, the accumulated national contagion, since the pandemic began in March 2,020, arrived to 508,702, of which 18,622 are active andn all over the country. While the total number of recovered amounted to 471,189, after 493 people defeated the coronavirus.

However, the National Epidemiology Directorate regretted the death of four people, bringing the total number of deaths to 18,891. In this way, the fatality rate in the third wave remains at 2.7%, the same amount as the second, but less than the first (6.2%).

Regarding vaccination, this day 62% of the population was immunized with first doses, that is, 3,536,752 were inoculated. While another 2,817,150 are with the complete scheme (the two doses) and 918,328 the single dose.

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