[ad_1]
Brazil reached 11,123 deaths from the new coronavirus today, according to the latest data published by the Ministry of Health. There were 496 confirmed deaths in the last 24 hours.
The portfolio also announced that, so far, the country has registered 162,699 confirmed cases of covid-19. From yesterday to today, there were 6,760 new diagnoses. The case fatality rate is 6.8%.
Of the total deaths, 132 occurred in the last three days and 1,892 are under investigation. The government also reported that 86,619 patients are being followed (53.2% of all cases) and 64,957 have recovered from the disease (39.9%).
According to simulations carried out by researchers from the University of São Paulo (USP) and published today by the newspaper “O Globo”, the number of deaths from the disease can double in 20 days.
São Paulo leads cases
The state of São Paulo has the most reports, with 45,444 cases and 3,709 deaths, followed by Rio de Janeiro (17,062 diagnoses and 1,714 deaths) and Ceará (16,692 cases and 1,114 deaths).
The highest mortality rate is found in Amazonas (242), which represents 12,599 cases and 1,004 deaths. The rate is calculated per 1 million inhabitants.
The state with the least number of notifications is Mato Grosso do Sul (362 cases and 11 deaths), which had the number of deaths equal to Tocantins (688 diagnoses and 11 deaths); Until yesterday, Tocantins only had the lowest number of deaths from the disease, with 9 deaths.
Understand the calculation Ministry of Health
The number of confirmed diagnoses and deaths in the last 24 hours did not necessarily occur on the last day.
According to the Ministry of Health, deaths and cases may have occurred since the start of the pandemic in the country, but they were only tested as covid-19 between yesterday and today.
Due to this retroactive update, deaths that occurred, for example, a month ago, are counted in the daily calculation, greatly altering the perception of the pandemic’s progress.
Bolsonaro compares Maranhão with Venezuela
Previously, President Jair Bolsonaro (without a party) compared the blockade determined in São Luís, Maranhão, with the social chaos experienced by Venezuela.
São Luís was the first city in the country to adopt the confinement, in an attempt to stop the increase in cases of the new coronavirus. After the capital of Maranhão, the measure was also effective in some cities of Pará, in Fortaleza (CE) and Niterói (RJ)
Bolsonaro posted a video on Twitter, of an unspecified date, to criticize the administration of the governor of Maranhão, Flávio Dino (PCdoB). The images show a military police officer conducting a search inside a bus.
The agent questions which passengers are using the transport to carry out “essential activities”, that is, within the exceptions provided in the decree that tightened the quarantine in the state due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Measurements confinement They are being discussed in other states, which are evaluating whether to adopt them or not.
