Brazil records 148 deaths from Covid and more than 45 thousand cases in 24 hours

Brazil recorded 148 deaths from Covid and 45,644 cases of the disease, this Thursday (9). As a result, the country has lost 667,849 lives and 31,360,157 people infected with Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.

With this Thursday’s data, the moving average of deaths once again surpassed the mark of 100 deaths per day. At the moment, the average is 124 lives lost daily, a situation of stability in relation to the data of two weeks ago (that is, without variations greater than 15%). It’s the highest average since May 2, when it was 126.

Acre, Alagoas, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Sergipe, Paraíba and Piauí did not record any deaths.

The moving average of cases continues to grow sharply. Now, the average is 37,191 infected people per day, an increase of 114.81% compared to the information two weeks ago. This is the highest moving average since March 21 of this year, when it was 37,093.

The country’s data, collected up to 8 pm, are the result of a collaboration between Folha, UOL, O Estado de S. Paulo, Extra, O Globo and G1 to gather and publish figures related to the new coronavirus pandemic. The information is collected by the consortium of press vehicles daily with the state Health Departments.

This Thursday, Brazil registered the application of 2,503,581 doses. According to data from the state health departments, 103,971 first doses and 55,598 second doses were applied. 425,274 booster shots and 1,921,847 fourth shots were also recorded. Single dose registration turned negative (-3,109)

Thus, a total of 178,778,099 people received at least the first dose of a vaccine against Covid in Brazil — 161,821,357 of them have already received the second dose of the immunizer. Added to the single doses of Janssen’s Covid vaccine, there are already 166,645,677 people with both doses or with one dose of Janssen vaccine.

Thus, the country already has 83.22% of the population with the 1st dose and 77.57% of Brazilians with both doses or with one dose of the Janssen vaccine.

So far, 95,497,318 people have taken a booster dose. Another 4,053,946 took the fourth dose of the vaccine.

The consortium also gathers the record of vaccine doses administered to children. The population aged 5 to 11 years partially immunized (with only the first dose of vaccine received) is 61.86%, totaling 12,680,447. In the same age group, 35.85% (7,348,749) received the second dose or the single dose.

Vaccination data against Covid-19 was affected by the hacker attack on the Ministry of Health system, which took place in December, which led to the lack of updates in several states for long periods of time.

The consortium of press vehicles recently updated the Brazilian population numbers used to calculate the percentage of people vaccinated in the country. Now, the data used are the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) projection for 2022. All numbers are now calculated according to these values, including last year’s. Therefore, the percentages of people vaccinated may differ from the previously published figures.

Even those who received both doses or one dose of the Janssen vaccine should maintain basic care, such as wearing a mask and social distancing, say experts.

The initiative of the consortium of press vehicles occurred in response to the attitudes of the Jair Bolsonaro (PL) government, which threatened to withhold data, delayed newsletters about the disease and took information from the air, with the interruption of the disclosure of the totals of cases and deaths. In addition, the government has released conflicting data.​​​​​​​​​​​​​