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More than 8 thousand minors have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in GT

On October 1, hundreds of minors between the ages of 12 and 18 came to Mariscal Zavala and the Honor Guard to obtain the first dose of the vaccine. Photo MSPAS.

The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (MSPAS) updated the Covid-19 Dashboard with data until October 1, 2021. The tool records a total of 63,764 vaccines administered that day: 24,658 first doses and 39,106 to complete schedules; the majority of first doses were received by people ages 12 to 29, according to the data board. It should be noted that, days after starting the vaccination process, there are already 8,202 first doses applied and five complete schedules

BY AGES
When classifying vaccinations according to age, it was possible to determine that the age group with the most units acquired was 18 to 29 years old with 0.26% progress; This is followed by 12 to 17 year olds with 0.25% coverage on the day. The rest ranges between 0.17% and 0.06% coverage.

Regarding complete schemes, the group that benefited the most was those aged 40 to 49 years, completing 0.61% progress in their population, and those aged 50 to 59 years with a coverage of 0.46%. The other groups advanced from 0.18% to 0.39%, except for minors who are still going through the first application of the vaccine.

VACCINATIONS THROUGHOUT THE PANDEMIC

In ascending order, the age groups have obtained the following quantities of vaccines:

12 to 17 years: 8,202 first doses and 5 complete schedules
18 to 29 years: 1,313,334 first doses and 473,916 complete schedules
30 to 39 years: 1,041,840 first doses and 543,402 complete schedules
40 to 49 years: 848,184 first doses and 497,720 complete schedules
50 to 59 years: 605,655 first doses and 417,040 complete schedules
60 to 69 years: 422,773 first doses and 318,312 complete schedules
70 or more years: 317,135 first doses and 250,322 complete schedules.

THE MOST ADMINISTRATED VACCINES

On Friday, contrary to other dates, the Pfizer vaccine managed to advance in the amount to the other first doses of vaccines. The most used was AstraZeneca with 33% and 8,163 vaccines.

On Friday the vaccination in minors was announced, which is only endorsed to be carried out with Pfizer. From this manufacturer, 5,751 first vaccines were administered, that is, 23% of all the first doses. Sputnik and Moderna obtained 22% and 21%, respectively, with 5,488 first doses and 5,256.

AREAS OF GREATER COVERAGE

On the other hand, on Friday, October 1, the municipalities with coverage greater than or equal to 1% were:

Patzité, Quiché: 1.3% progress
Acatenango, Chimaltenango: 1.1% progress
Magdalena Milpas Altas, Sacatepéquez: 1% progress
Sibilia, Quetzaltenango: 1% progress
Tiquisate Escuintla: 1% advance

While the rest of the municipalities remained below 1%.
On the other hand, nine municipalities could not complete any scheme that day, these were:
San Miguel Tucurú, Alta Verapaz
Tajumulco, San Marcos
San Pedro La Laguna, Solola
San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenango
San José La Maquina, Suchitepéquez
San Ildefonso Ixtahaucán, Huehuetenango
Raxhuá, Alta Verapaz
Nentón, Huehuetenango
Jocotán, Chiquimula.

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