Uruguay reaches 2 million people fully vaccinated against covid-19

(CNN) – Uruguay, with about 3.5 million inhabitants, reached this Thursday the figure of 2 million people inoculated with the two doses of the vaccine against covid-19, according to the government.

Until this Thursday, the country has vaccinated 2,009,554 people with both doses, which translates into 56.72% of the population. Meanwhile, 2,448,844 people have received a dose, which is equivalent to 69.12% of the population.

Regarding the number of cases, this Thursday the government reported 345 new infections and the total number of infected since the start of the pandemic is 378,041. Of that total, 366,690 have already been recovered, according to data from the Ministry of Health. To date, 5,865 people have died from the virus.