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The moving average of deaths from covid-19 in Brazil stood at 659 this Monday, 5, according to data collected by the media consortium. The number eliminates distortions and more accurately records fluctuations in the last seven days.
Covid-19 patient in the ICU of a field hospital in Guarulhos (SP) 05/12/2020 REUTERS / Amanda Perobelli
Photo: Reuters
The consortium, formed by Stadium, G1, O Globo, Extra, Folha me Twitter, calculated 398 new deaths and 25,593 new cases in the last 24 hours in the country, the balance is based on data published by state health departments.
In total, Brazil reached 146,773 deaths and 4,940,499 confirmed cases of covid-19. According to the balance of the Ministry of Health, the country has 4,295,302 recovered from the disease, while another 485,258 are under medical follow-up.
Saint Paul
This Monday, the state of São Paulo registered 36,220 deaths and 1,004,579 confirmed cases of covid-19. In 24 hours, 42 deaths and 677 cases were recorded. The data is usually lower on Mondays, given the delay in registration and notifications on weekends.
The Secretary of State for Health, Jean Gorinchteyn, reported that there was a 17% decrease in the number of cases and a 6% decrease in the number of deaths compared to the previous week. In ICU bed hospitalizations there was an increase of 3.3% compared to the previous week. The number went from 7,876 hospitalizations between September 20 and 26 to 8,136 from September 27 to October 3. The daily moving average of hospitalizations had been falling for ten consecutive weeks.
According to Gorinchteyn, this remains an isolated piece of information and needs evaluation. “We have seen a drop in cases and deaths and there has been a slight increase in the average daily hospitalizations, but we will wait and see what the impact is. This is an isolated figure and has been showing a progressive decrease. broad vision, “he said.
The occupancy rate for ICU beds is 43.3% in the State and 41.9% in Greater São Paulo. According to the balance of the State Department of Health, 3,572 patients are in beds in intensive care units, between confirmed and suspected cases. 4,605 people are hospitalized in the infirmary. Also according to the data, 880,601 people have already recovered from the disease and 110,553 were discharged from the hospital.
River
The state of Rio de Janeiro registered 11 deaths from covid-19 and 1,637 new cases of the disease in the 24-hour period, according to a bulletin released on Monday afternoon (5) by the State Department of Health. So far, 18,780 people have died from the coronavirus in the state of Rio, which registers 273,338 cases. Another 535 deaths, suspected of being caused by covid-19, are being investigated and 249,469 patients have healed.
Camaraderie
The balance of deaths and cases is the result of an alliance between the six media that began to work, since June 8, in a collaborative way to collect the necessary information in the 26 states and the Federal District. The unprecedented initiative is a response to the Bolsonaro government’s decision to restrict access to data on the pandemic. And it was kept even after government record keeping.
In its balance of the day, the Ministry of Health reported that Brazil recorded 323 new deaths from covid-19 this Monday, in addition to 11,946 new cases. In total, there are 4,927,235 people with a confirmed diagnosis and 146,675 deaths from the disease.
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