The Costa Rican Social Security Fund (CCSS) delivered on Tuesday the weekly report on the progress of the vaccination campaign against COVID-19 in Costa Rica.
According to the data provided by the institution and analyzed by Delfino.cr, During the previous week (forty-ninth of the campaign), 103,705 doses of vaccine were applied, which represents a slowdown of 33.61% compared to the forty-eighth week when 156,201 doses were applied in one week.
In total, the CCSS reports that 7,137,983 doses of vaccine were placed of the 7,732,485 that have been received by the country (92.31%). Of the doses placed, 3,887,480 are first doses (54.46%, +27,101 new), 3,215,091 are second doses (45.04%, +71,038 new) and 35,412 are third doses (0.49%, +5565).
90.95% of the target population (≈4,274,384) have received the vaccine: 75.22% It has the complete two-dose schedule. Last week’s data was: 90.32% of population with vaccine, 73.56% with two doses. The number of the target population pending to receive doses from the CCSS was reduced to 386,904 people.
At age range of 58 years and older, made up of 817,906 people, 1,561,618 (+3545 new) have been placed, of which 784,474 correspond to first dose (+969), 774,841 are second doses (+2116) and 2303 are third doses (+460). Thus, 95.9% of this age group have already received the first dose, the 94.7% They have already received the second and 0.3% have the third dose.
In the age group of 40 to 57 years, made up of 1,124,875 people, 1,960,787 doses were placed (+18,121 new), of which 1,040,877 are first doses (+4184), 906,504 correspond to the second (+11,820) and 13,406 are third doses (+2117 ). Thus, 92.6% of this group have already received the first dose, the 80.6% already have the second and 1.2% have the third dose.
In the age group of 20 to 39 years, composed of 1,733,463 people, 2,763,608 doses (+45,569 new) have been placed, of which 1,553,090 are first doses (+11,005), 1,190,871 are second doses (+31,583) and 19,647 are third doses ( +2981). 89. +% Of this group already have the first dose, the 68.7% They have already received the second and 1.1% have the third.
Finally, in the age group of 12 to 19 years, made up of 601,140 young people, 851,970 doses (+36,469 new) have been placed, of which 509,039 are first (+10,943), 342,875 are second (+25,519) and 56 are third doses (+7). Thus, 85.1% of this age group already have the first dose, the 57.3% They have already received the complete scheme and 0.009% have the third dose.
The group that received the most new doses last week was made up of people between 20 and 39 years of age, with 43.94% of the total of the new vaccines applied; followed by the 12 to 19 year-old group with 35.16% of the new doses.
Note: The data reported correspond solely and exclusively to people vaccinated by the CCSS; no to people vaccinated abroad.
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