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According to the consortium of press vehicles of which Twitter It is part, Brazil registered between yesterday and today 639 new deaths from covid-19. Since the start of the pandemic, 172,637 people have died in the country after contracting the coronavirus.
This update does not take into account the state of Espírito Santo, which has not updated its data until 8 pm today. The moving average of deaths, calculated based on the daily deaths in the last seven days, is 517, which represents stability in relation to the last 14 days.
6,290,160 accumulated cases of covid-19 were also registered in the country. There were 52,084 positive tests in the last 24 hours.
Federal government data
According to data published today by the Ministry of Health, between yesterday and today there were 587 new deaths from covid-19, totaling 172,561 people killed as a result of the coronavirus.
There were also 51,922 new positive tests in the country in the last 24 hours. There are currently 6,290,272 cases of the disease since the beginning of the pandemic.
The government also reports that 555,172 cases are currently being monitored and 5,562,539 have been recovered.
Brazil remains stable in the moving average of deaths
Data from the media consortium indicate that, with an average of 517 deaths in the last seven days, Brazil maintained the stability (5%) acquired yesterday, after 12 consecutive days of accelerated trend.
Among regions, the Midwest (-45%) was the only one to show a decline, while the South was the only one to show an acceleration (17%). The others had stability: Northeast (11%), North (14%) and Southeast (11%).
Excluding Espírito Santo, seven states showed an upward trend, while ten and the Federal District fell. Eight were the stable states.
It is important to note, however, that the increases in some states can be explained by the data blackout the country experienced in early November. On the 6th, the Covid-19 death registration platform of the Ministry of Health began to have problems. Several states have reported difficulties.
The state of São Paulo was one of the most affected, with no deaths for five consecutive days. In the next few days, this problem in the system is expected to impact the percentage of an upward, stable or decreasing trend in the affected states and also in the national trend.
To measure the situation of deaths from covid-19, experts indicate using the moving average of deaths, which calculates the average of records observed in the last seven days. The operation is the most suitable to observe the trend of the statistics, since it balances the abrupt variations of the numbers throughout the week.
The media consortium adopted this period to verify fluctuations in the moving average. It is possible to speak of a decrease in figures when the decrease is greater than 15% if it is verified in the last 14 days, in this case, the period of the last two weeks. If the numbers rise more than 15%, the epidemic accelerates. Intermediate values indicate stability.
See the situation by state and in the Federal District:
Southeast region
- Espírito Santo: acceleration (33%) * The state has not released death figures as of 8 pm today.
- Minas Gerais: stability (-14%)
- Rio de Janeiro: acceleration (46%)
- São Paulo: stability (-1%)
Northern region
- Amazon: acceleration (46%)
- Rondônia: acceleration (52%)
Northeast Region
- Bay: stability (-1%)
- Ceará: acceleration (224%)
- Maranhão: stability (15%)
- Paraíba: stable (-12%)
- Pernambuco: stability (4%)
- Rio Grande do Norte: decrease (-38%)
- Sergipe: acceleration (63%)
Central West Region
- Federal District: remains (-25%)
- Mato Grosso: left (-65%)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: remains (-30%)
Southern region
- Rio Grande do Sul: acceleration (24%)
- Santa Catarina: acceleration (126%)
Vehicles gather for information
In response to the decision of the government of Jair Bolsonaro to restrict access to data on the covid-19 pandemic, 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 the attitudes of the authorities and the president himself during the pandemic cast doubt on the availability of the data and its veracity.
