The Ministry of Health of the Government of the Canary Islands has administered 2,225,828 doses of the vaccine against Covid-19 of the 2,391,710 received, which represents 93.06 percent. During the past week, from July 12 to 18, 149,152 vaccines were inoculated.
In the archipelago, there are already 1,335,087 people who have received at least one dose of the vaccine, that is, 68.09 percent of the target population, which has been increased by including the population over 12 years of age in the National Vaccination Strategy against Covid-19.
Therefore, 215,178 people included in the 12 to 15 age group have been added to the statistics, so now the target population of the Canary Islands amounts to 1,960,774 people. Taking as a reference the population over 16 years of age, 71.36 percent had been vaccinated.
A total of 996,505 people with complete vaccination
In addition, as of this Sunday, there were 996,505 people who had already received the complete vaccination schedule against the coronavirus, which represents 50.82 percent of the target population over 12 years of age in the Canary Islands.
The vaccination calendar is being developed by the target population groups to which it is directed and by the available vaccine intended for each age group according to the National Vaccination Strategy. In this sense, the vaccination teams of each basic health area are advancing with each population group as the previous one is being completed, prioritizing continuing with the maximum coverage of each age group, without paralyzing the vaccination process on any island.
Coverage by groups
After immunization with two doses of groups 1 and 2 (those corresponding to residents and workers of social health centers and front-line health professionals), vaccination continues with the rest of the established groups following the criteria of vulnerability and exposure.
Regarding group 4, that of the highly dependent at home, 78.21 percent are immunized with two doses. For its part, of group 5, made up of people over 66 years of age not residing in senior centers, there are already 272,230 people who have received the two doses, that is, 93.95 percent, while vaccination with one dose of this group, made up of 289,753 people, has been completed one hundred percent.
Group 3 is already one hundred percent with one dose and 82.16 percent with two doses; and group 6, made up of 55,000 people including teachers, firefighters and police officers, 94.66 percent have at least one dose and 91.23 percent are already immunized.
Vaccination coverage with one dose of group 7 has also been completed, which includes the population under 60 years of age at risk of suffering severe Covid-19, since all 12,393 people included have been vaccinated, while 84.60 percent of this group has already received the two doses.
For their part, 121,432 people between 60 and 65 years of age who make up group 8 have already received one dose, which represents 79.64 percent of that group; while 51.04 percent already have immunization. Regarding group 9, made up of people between 50 and 59 years of age, 89.88 percent have already received one dose.
The immunization of group 10, which includes people between 40 and 49 years of age, has also been progressing so that 177,034 people, 54.97 percent, have already received the two doses. Regarding group 11, made up of people between 30 and 39 years of age, 133,140 people, 47.90 percent, already have at least one dose of vaccine against COVID-19 and 13.84 are already immunized.
For its part, group 12, made up of people between 20 and 29 years of age, already has coverage with one dose of 24.42 percent, which means 61,482 people vaccinated.
Regarding group 13, made up of adolescents between 12 and 19 years of age, there are already 8,388 people who have received one dose of the vaccines, 4.67 percent of the target population of this age group.
