According to the latest results released by the government on the 5th regarding the vaccination of the new coronavirus, more than 65% of the elderly people in the country have completed the first vaccination.
As for medical staff, the number of people who completed the second vaccination exceeded the number initially targeted.
Regarding the vaccine for the new coronavirus, medical staff have been vaccinated since February, and from April, vaccinations for elderly people aged 65 and over will be promoted by the end of this fiscal year.
According to the results announced on the 5th by the government as of the 4th, the number of elderly people who completed the first vaccination nationwide was 23,369,590, accounting for 65.86% of the total number of elderly people.
The number of elderly people who completed the second vaccination was 120,240,409, accounting for 33.87%.
By prefecture, Gifu Prefecture had the highest percentage of people who completed the first vaccination, with 79.25% who completed the first vaccination and 45.37% who completed the second vaccination.
This was followed by Saga prefecture with 79.13% for the first time, 51.52% for the second time, and Ishikawa prefecture with 75.58% for the first time and 46.56% for the second time.
Among the prefectures of big cities, Tokyo is 65.11% for the first time, 35.25% for the second time, 57.28% for the first time, 27.66% for the second time, 73.56% for the first time, and 40.75% for the second time in Aichi prefecture.
More than 4.98 million people, such as medical staff, have completed the second vaccination
On the other hand, as of the 2nd of this month, 5,977,868 people completed the first inoculation and 4,986,483 people completed the second inoculation for medical professionals.
Initially, the number of people targeted was about 4.8 million, and the number of people who completed the second vaccination exceeded this.
These data are based on the number of people entered into the system from each region and may actually be more inoculated and may increase in the future.
24.87% of the total population who completed the first vaccination in Japan
In addition, the total number of people who completed the first vaccination in Japan was 31,621,774.
In terms of percentage, it accounts for 24.87% of the total population of Japan.
Of these, the total number of people who completed the second vaccination was 17.51,173, accounting for 13.77% of the total population.
The total population includes children under the age of vaccination.
These data are based on the number of people entered into the system from each region, and there is a possibility that inoculation may actually be further advanced due to occupational inoculation, etc., and it may increase in the future.