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Brazil registered 669 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 174,531 deaths since the start of the pandemic. Eleven states showed an accelerating trend in death rates, the highest number in a week.
With 48,107 new positive diagnoses for the disease from yesterday to today, the country already has 6,436,633 infected by the new coronavirus. The information comes from the consortium of press vehicles from which Twitter It is part of.
The moving average of deaths, calculated from the daily deaths of the last seven days, is 533, which represents stability (-2%) in relation to the last 14 days.
Health data
698 new deaths from covid-19 were registered in the last 24 hours throughout Brazil, according to data released today by the Ministry of Health. Since the start of the pandemic, 174,515 deaths from the disease have been registered in the country.
From yesterday to today, there were 49,863 positive tests for the new coronavirus in Brazil. The total number of infected has risen to 6,436,650 since the start of the pandemic.
According to the federal government, 5,698,353 people have recovered from the disease, with another 563,782 being followed.
Highest increase in seven days
Eleven states showed an upward trend in the moving average of deaths, while only five fell. Ten states plus the Federal District were states in stability.
The last time Brazil had a greater number of increases was on November 25, when it registered 12 states with an accelerated trend.
Among regions, the Midwest (-43%) had a drop in death rate. North (29%) and South (43%) showed acceleration. Northeast (15%) and Southeast (-14%) showed stability.
To measure the situation of deaths from covid-19, experts indicate that they use 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 check for fluctuations in the moving average. One can 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 (36%)
- Minas Gerais: decrease (-32%)
- Rio de Janeiro: decrease (-29%)
- São Paulo: stable (-2%)
Northern region
- Acre: acceleration (100%)
- Amazon: acceleration (43%)
- Rondônia: acceleration (114%)
Northeast Region
- Bay: stability (-4%)
- Ceará: acceleration (151%)
- Maranhão: stability (2%)
- Pernambuco: acceleration (16%)
- Rio Grande do Norte: stable (-3%)
- Sergipe: acceleration (40%)
Central West Region
- Federal District: stable (-11%)
- Mato Grosso: stable (-6%)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: acceleration (-65%)
Southern region
- Paraná: acceleration (22%)
- Rio Grande do Sul: stability (17%)
- Santa Catarina: acceleration (139%)
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.
