COVID-19: Minas registers 320 deaths and almost 6 thousand new cases in 24 hours – Gerais

Another 320 miners were added to the tragic list of patients who died victims of the COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. According to the epidemiological bulletin of the Secretary of State for Health (SES-MG), released this Saturday (04/03), the state now accumulates 25,534 deceased from the beginning of the pandemic.

According to the balance, the total number of infected reaches 1,153,526 in Minas, adding 5,948 new cases in 24 hours. Another 5,854 people were healed from Friday to Saturday.

The state broke a new record this Friday (2/4) with the day with the most deaths since the start of the new coronavirus pandemic. There were 486 deaths in 24 hours.

Or what or coronavrus

Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that cause respiratory infections. The new coronavirus agent (COVID-19) was discovered in December 2019 in China. The disease can cause infections with symptoms initially similar to colds or flu, but with the risk of worsening, which can result in death.
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How to COVID-19 transmitted?

Coronavirus transmission generally occurs through the air or through personal contact with contaminated secretions, such as saliva droplets, sneezing, coughing, phlegm, close personal contact, such as touching or shaking hands, contact with contaminated objects or surfaces, followed by contact with mouth. nose or eyes.

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How to prevent?

The recommendation is to avoid overcrowding, stay away from those showing symptoms of respiratory infection, wash your hands frequently, cough with your forearm in front of your mouth, and often use soap and water to wash your hands or alcohol gel after come into contact with surfaces. and people. At home, take extra precautions against COVID-19.
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What are the symptoms of the coronavirus?

Check out the main symptoms of people infected with COVID-19:

• Fever
• Cough
• Shortness of breath and shortness of breath
• Gastric problems
• Diarrhea

In severe cases, victims have:

• Pneumonia
• Severe acute respiratory syndrome
• Kidney failure

The types of COVID-19 symptoms are increasing each week as researchers advance in identifying the behavior of the virus.

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Myths and truths about the virus.

On social media, the spread of COVID-19 also spread rumors about how vrus Sars-CoV-2 transmitted. And other questions arose: Is the alcohol gel capable of killing the virus? Is the coronavirus lethal at a worrying level? Can one infected person infect several others? Will the epidemic kill thousands of Brazilians, since the SUS could not serve all of them? We did a report with a doctor specialized in infectology and he explains all the myths and truths about the coronavirus.

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