COVID: More than 2 thousand test positive during the weekend in Minas – Gerais

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People crossing the street in Belo Horizonte in the late afternoon, some of them — In Minas, 58% of people are on their first booster dose (photo: Ramon Lisboa/EM/DA Press)

This Monday (09/5), the information in the new epidemiological bulletin is that another 2,217 people tested positive for COVID-19 and another 7 died in Minas in the last 72 hours. In all, since the beginning of the pandemic, there have been 3,363,623 cases of the disease and 61,384 deaths, according to the Secretary of State for Health.

In May, so far, there were 6,298 new infections and 88 deaths from the disease. If compared to the first nine days of April, when there were 18,580 cases and 184 deaths, May has 195% fewer cases and 47% of the number of deaths.

The moving average of the occurrence of bits is 1.5, while that of notification is 9.4. In all, in 2022 there were 5,153 deaths from the coronavirus.

According to the vaccination panel, 83% of the vaccinable mining population are on both doses, while 58% received the first booster. With a call from 60 years old across the state, 7.37% of people over 18 years old received the 4th dose.

Today the Government of Minas issued an alert for the vaccination of children, especially with the second dose. While vaccination coverage of the first application reaches 70%, only 35% of people aged 5 to 11 years have a complete vaccination cycle.

In Belo Horizonte, the vaccination campaign continues for all publics and age groups already summoned, from Monday to Friday, at the health centers and extra posts available on the City Hall website.