La Paz, 22 Mar Bolivia recorded 212 new infections of covid-19 that raised the cumulative cases since March 2020 to 899,999, when the disease was first detected in Bolivian territory. With no new deaths reported, the cumulative death toll remains at 21,483, according to the latest report by the Ministry of Health. The regions with the highest number of new cases are Santa Cruz, with 111, and Cochabamba, with 69, while the Amazon department of Pando did not record any contagion and in the other six the figures varied between one and 11. Currently active cases are 58,039 and the cumulative number of recovered patients is 820,477, the report states. The ministry also detailed that so far 6,052,451 people have received first doses of covid vaccines, another 4,757,936 the second, 994,961 were immunized with single-dose drugs and 1,181,206 third doses were also applied as reinforcements. Regarding the vaccination of minors, the report specified that 756,294 adolescents aged 12 to 17 years received first doses and 555,349 completed the vaccination schedule, while 709,158 children aged 5 to 11 years have been immunized with first doses and 441,889 with second doses. The vaccination plan that began in Bolivia at the end of January 2021 with health personnel has already been extended to the vaccinable population over 5 years old and those over 18 can receive up to a third booster dose. A fourth dose was also recently enabled for specific groups such as health personnel, police officers, people with underlying diseases or those who need to travel abroad and must comply with the full vaccination schedule. Immunization levels reached their best records in the first weeks of January when the requirement for a vaccination card to enter crowded places was in force, a measure that was suspended in the face of protests by anti-vaccine groups made up mostly of social sectors related to the government. Bolivia remains in a de-escalation of infections after a fourth wave that had its most critical moment between the end of December and the beginning of January with days in which historical records of more than 14,000 daily infections were recorded. CHIEF gb/rrt