Brazil today registered 99 deaths and 1 more. 442 new cases of infection by the new coronavirus in the last 24 hours, totaling 1. 223 deaths and 22. 169 infected since the beginning of the pandemic, announced today the executive.
According to the Ministry of Health, the lethality rate of the disease in Brazil is fixed at 5.5%, with the total number of deaths more than doubling since last Sunday, when the country counted 486 fatalities.
At the state level, São Paulo remains the Brazilian state with the highest number of confirmed cases, 588 dead and 8. 755 infected people, followed by Rio de Janeiro, with 170 fatal victims and 2. 855 confirmed cases.
The third federative unit with the most cases is Ceará, which has, so far, 74 died and 1. 676 cases of infection. On the opposite side, Tocantins, located in the North of the country, is the only state with no record of fatalities and also the state with the least infected (25 confirmed cases).
The rest 26 of the 27 units have deaths associated with infection by the new coronavirus. The Southeast region, which encompasses São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, concentrates the largest number of confirmed cases so far, with 12. 799 confirmed cases.
The Brazilian Midwest is the least affected region, with 1. 067 infected. The North region, which in recent weeks has been the least affected area, has seen its numbers soar, with the state of Amazonas being at the center of the concerns of the Ministry of Health.
In view of its deficient health system, tutelage announced today that Manaus, capital of Amazonas, will receive a reinforcement of health professionals to fight the pandemic of covid - 19 , caused by the new coronavirus.
"The capital of Amazonas is experiencing a scenario with many people in need of hospitalization and with the capacity for hospital care close to the limit. The measure will be taken as of Monday," the Brazilian executive said in a statement.
The initiative will expand the city's capacity to deal with coronavirus cases, together with the other actions necessary to prevent the collapse of the local health network, such as "social distance and respiratory etiquette", which concerns the form adequate to contain the spread of respiratory secretions.
"They are professionals with a lot of luggage, who have worked for many years in several other hospitals in Brazil, who will help us. They are doctors coming from regions where the service is still calm, to help where we need it most at the moment", highlighted the Executive Secretary of the Ministry of Health, Jõao Gabbardo.
The Ministry of Health reported on Saturday night that two more indigenous people died because of the new coronavirus: one indigenous Kokama, and one indigenous Tikuna, from 78 years, both interned in Manaus.
On Thursday night, the regional government of the state of Roraima had already confirmed the death of a Brazilian indigenous person of the Yanomami ethnicity, from 15 years old, who was infected with the new coronavirus.
The new coronavirus, responsible for the covid pandemic - 19 , has already caused more than 112 thousand dead and infected more 1.8 million people in 193 countries and territories. Of the cases of infection, almost 375 one thousand are considered cured.
After appearing in China in December, the outbreak spread throughout the world, which led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare a pandemic situation. The United States is the country with the highest number of deaths, accounting for 21. 489 until today, and the one that has more infected, with about 546 thousand confirmed cases.
The European continent, with more than 932 thousand infected and 77 one thousand deaths, is the one that registers the highest number of cases, and Italy is the second country in the world with more fatalities, counting 19. 899 deaths and more than 156 thousand confirmed cases.
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