Brazil recorded 166,009 cases and 1,135 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The data were released by the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) this Friday (11).
The moving averages of infections and deaths were 144,240 and 951, respectively. This is the highest moving average of deaths in 2022. The moving average of cases was low for the second day in a row.
Moving average indices consider data from the last seven days and are used to avoid distortions due to underreporting on weekends.
With the update, the country has a total of 27,285,509 cases and 637,152 victims of the disease since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
Health announces purchase of 2 million doses of pediatric vaccines from Pfizer
The Ministry of Health announced this Friday (11) the contracting of another 2 million doses of pediatric vaccines from Pfizer. The doses should arrive later this month to make it possible to advance in the vaccination of children. With the additive term, the number of Pfizer’s contracted doses intended for children aged 5 to 11 years reaches 22 million. Read more.
Understand the debate on the application of the 4th dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil
Some municipalities have started to vaccinate the elderly and immunosuppressed people, however, the scientific community still does not see evidence for application in the general population. Experts heard by CNN Braisl comment on the topic. Read more.
São Paulo starts applying 4th dose to people over 60 in April
The population over 60 years of age in the state of São Paulo will receive the 4th dose of the vaccine against Covid-19 as of April 4, informed João Gabbardo, executive coordinator of the Scientific Committee of the state of São Paulo, in an interview with CNN this Friday (11th). Read more.
Source: CNN Brasil
