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In the last 24 hours, Brazil registered 855 new deaths from covid-19, totaling 119,504 deaths from the disease in the country since the start of the pandemic. The data was published today by the Ministry of Health.
According to the government, the country has 3,804,803 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus, with 43,412 diagnoses registered between yesterday and today.
Health considers 2,976,796 patients recovered from the disease and states that 708,503 are being followed.
Doria says SP overcame ‘worst’ of pandemic
The governor of São Paulo, João Doria (PSDB), affirmed today that the state has overcome the worst moment of the covid-19 pandemic and that the most recent data indicates the departure from the plateau, towards the decline. However, the average daily deaths remains above 200.
According to data from the São Paulo government, there was a 19% reduction in the registration of deaths in the 14-day variation: the daily average of epidemiological two weeks ago was 252 and now (week that ends tomorrow, 29) is 205 In addition, the government says that hospitalizations have fallen for the fourth week in a row and stand at 54.3%, the lowest rate since the pandemic began in March.
Government expands activities authorized to work on Sundays and holidays
The Ministry of Economy increased the number of categories of business activities authorized to operate on Sundays and holidays from 78 to 91. The measure reaches sectors of industry, commerce and services.
The medical, dental, hospital and laboratory supplies and equipment industry and the meat and meat products industry were added to the authorized list. Also included in the list are hospital laundries and laundries, hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, and outpatient clinics; hospitable hospitality; activities involved in the bank automation process; call center and telemarketing; Customer service (SAC) and ombudsman service; exceptional or occasional banking activities; and sectors considered essential to function in the covid-19 pandemic.
Vehicles gather to obtain information
In response to the decision of the government of Jair Bolsonaro to restrict access to data on the covid-19 pandemic, the media Twitter, El Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo, O Globo, G1 and Extra formed a consortium to work collaboratively to seek the necessary information directly from the state health departments of the 27 units of the Federation.
The federal government, through the Ministry of Health, should be the natural source of these figures, but recent attitudes from the authorities and the president himself question the availability of the data and its veracity.
