Deaths from coronavirus in MG reach 61 and the state exceeds 1,500 confirmed cases | Minas Gerais

The epidemiological report also indicates that, to date, there are 78,232 suspected cases. Three hundred and fifty-seven deaths have already been ruled out.

In Belo Horizonte, there are 533 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 11 deaths. A UFMG study noted that if preventive measures had not been taken to isolate the population, the capital of Minas Gerais would have 500,000 infected by May.

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Of the three deaths added to the epidemiological bulletin today, two were women, aged 75 and 89, residents of Governador Valadares and Araxá, respectively, and a man, aged 82, who lived in Uberlândia.

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Most of the patients who died from the new coronavirus are men: 32 of the 61 patients. And the elderly: 48 of them are over 60 years old and 13 are younger. Additionally, about 85% of deaths occurred in patients who already had risk factors, primarily hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease.

Other registered risk factors were lung disease, kidney disease, mental disorders, neurological disease, smoking, neoplasia, hypothyroidism, and genitourinary disease.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the State Department of Health (SES-MG) reported the comorbidity of each patient who had died with Covid-19. In April, however, the portfolio stopped reporting. Questioned, SES said that, due to the “possibility of occurrence in small municipalities,” “patients can be easily identified when specific characteristics are described.” “Therefore, to maintain the confidentiality of information provided by patients and / or family members, we no longer disclose the detailed description of the information by patient.”

The municipality with the most deaths so far was Belo Horizonte, with 11 cases. Then Uberlândia, in Triângulo Mineiro, with 7.

First deaths in Minas

The first coronavirus death reported in Minas Gerais was that of Marlene Eunice Vanucci, 82, who lives in Belo Horizonte. She was admitted to the Biocor Hospital in Nova Lima on March 21, with fever, cough and respiratory distress, being transferred to the ICU two days later. She died on March 29. The patient also had chronic cardiovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and chronic lung disease.

On the day of Marlene’s death, her daughter-in-law made an emotional explosion on a social network:

“I would very much like the governors to be more respectful with each life cut off and suffocated by the coronavirus. Mr. Minister Mandetta remains technical and firm, do not be overwhelmed by ignorance. More love and more empathy,” he wrote.

Later, the State Department of Health (SES-MG) discovered that Marlene’s death was, in fact, the second in the state. The first was a 79-year-old patient from Patos de Minas on March 28. His wife and daughter were also hospitalized on suspicion of Covid-19 the day before his death. But they have already been discharged, according to the Vera Cruz Hospital.

The third patient who died with a positive result for Covid-19 was Darcy Gomes Parreiras, 66, a Belo Horizonte resident, who was admitted to the Semper Hospital and died three days after admission, on March 30. He had heart disease and diabetes myelitus.

Patients without comorbidity.

The fourth patient was a 44-year-old man, a resident of Mariana, who died in a city hospital on March 30. He had no comorbidity. This death in Mariana had been confirmed on the morning of April 1.

Another patient who had no prior comorbidity or disease was a 72-year-old resident of Ouro Fino, in southern Minas. She had symptoms, with a fever, on March 21. He was admitted on the 24th and died on March 31. The test that confirms that it was with Covid-19 came out this Sunday, April 5.

According to the notice from the municipality of Ouro Fino, João Batista Bueno Filho lived in the countryside and presented symptoms after a cruise in Ceará, where he was with his wife.

He said the disease was a “media thing”

Another patient who had no previous illness was Cláudio Manoel Ricardo, 69, a resident of Montes Claros. According to the old man’s son, Claudinei dos Santos Ricardo, in an interview. G1 On March 2, the father traveled before the Carnival period to see the family and returned on March 16.

“Unfortunately, my father didn’t take it seriously, he said it was a media issue. When he decided to travel, I warned him not to go and, although he knew the risks, it was because he did not believe in the disease. My father was 100% healthy, had no health problems and had a recent checkup, “said the patient’s son.

At dawn on the 17th, Cláudio Ricardo began to feel the first symptoms of the disease. The old man was admitted to the Aroldo Tourinho hospital on March 27 and intubated two days later. He died on April 1. Her family is isolated and being monitored.

Error of the Ministry of Health

The seventh patient who died of the disease in the state is a 76-year-old woman from Belo Horizonte, whose symptoms first appeared on March 23. Test results showing that she was on Covid-19 came out on March 31 and she died on April 1. She had cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

There was an error in the notification of the date of death of this patient, which led the Ministry of Health to mistakenly announce that the first death from the coronavirus in Brazil had occurred in January. On April 3, the folder came back and was corrected.

In Itabira, the youngest patient of all has died so far, only 24 years old. The death occurred on April 6. SES-MG reported that it already had risk factors, but did not say which ones.

One of the youngest patients to die was a resident of Santo Tomás de Aquino, in southern Minas, at just 34 years old. I had hypertension.

The city of Santo Tomás de Aquino (MG) confirmed the death of the physiotherapist of the municipal health network Wesley Leite Soares de Oliveira on the night of April 12. He was admitted to Franca, in the interior of São Paulo.

Wesley Soares’ sister gave an emotional story on April 14. Speaking of the evolution of the disease, Daiane Mendes said that the family’s greatest anguish is due to not having enough time to say goodbye.

“What hurts the most is not being able to say goodbye. There can be no funeral, the burial lasted 10, 15 minutes. Very fast. It was very difficult. “

Wesley worked as a public servant for the Santo Tomás de Aquino City Council and maintained a physiotherapy clinic. According to Daiane, she started feeling bad on April 2, when she showed cold, cough, and shortness of breath symptoms.

He received the first service in the city of Minas Gerais, where an x-ray showed a slight change in the lung. According to Daiane, the brother was sent to Franca, where he performed the rapid test on day 9, but it was negative for Covid-19.

Despite this, the health situation did not improve, and the father, who lives in Franca, decided to take Wesley to the emergency room for a new service.

“When he got to the emergency room, they already put him on oxygen and asked him for a place in the Hospital do Coração. They took him there. Once a day, the team updated. At 1 in the afternoon, they called my sister-in-law or my father, ”says Daiane.

However, the health condition worsened and the physical therapist died on Sunday night (12). The sister says the boy even received chloroquine during treatment after being diagnosed.

Daiane says Wesley loved the job and cared especially for elderly patients. For her, the best prevention to prevent more families from losing loved ones to the disease is social distance.

“On the streets, people walk without any precaution. I think people had to be more aware. Even myself, before it happened in my family, I didn’t take it very seriously. We only believe when it reaches our family. I don’t want that to happen to anyone. I hope everyone takes care that it doesn’t happen in families. He is wounded. He has no explanation. “

The second death in Paraisópolis, in the south of Minas, was that of a nun. According to the municipal administration, the nun Jandira Rosa Chagas, 78, died in late March, but the results of her tests were only revealed in April.

Sister Jandira, as they knew her, did work at the Casa da Criança in Paraisópolis. He received honors from the institution on the day of his death. The official profile of the Institute of the Franciscan Sisters of Nossa Senhora de Fática also paid tribute to the nun when death completed the seventh day.

In Paraisópolis, the first patient who died was 88 years old and was admitted to the Escola Hospital, in Itajubá. The elderly woman passed away on April 4, but the test results were confirmed on day 7. The elderly woman presented with symptoms after contact with her 53-year-old son, who had tested positive for the disease. She was admitted, where she remained two weeks in a Paraisópolis hospital. As her symptoms worsened, she was transferred to Itajubá, where she died.

On April 16, a 75-year-old woman from the city of Varzelândia died. According to the Varzelândia City Council, the patient was receiving cancer treatment in São Paulo and returned to the city two weeks earlier. He died at the Senhora Santana Municipal Hospital, in Brasilia de Minas.

According to the Municipal Secretary of Health, Célia de Fátima Fialho Dias, the patient developed fever and difficulty breathing as soon as she arrived from São Paulo, and received her first care at the São João da Ponte Hospital.

“According to family members, she was receiving treatment in São Paulo a year ago and the doctors advised her to return because the cancer was already very advanced and the old woman was very weak. The family believes that she was contaminated on the return trip” said the secretary. .

On March 30, an 80-year-old Uberlândia resident died. He developed symptoms of fever, cough, and dyspnea on March 29 and died the next day. He had chronic lung disease and cardiovascular disease.

In the same city, a 61-year-old patient died, who presented the first symptoms, with fever, dyspnea and myalgia on March 26 and did not resist on April 2. She had chronic kidney disease.

In Belo Horizonte, an 82-year-old patient also died, who felt the first symptoms on March 24, was hospitalized on 30, and died on Sunday, April 5. He had high blood pressure and hypothyroidism. And a 60-year-old woman who already had cancer and high blood pressure. Her symptoms appeared on April 1, she was admitted on the 6th, with a positive result for Covid-19, and died on Tuesday morning (7).

A 78-year-old man from Pouso Alegre, in the south of Minas Gerais, had his first symptoms on March 24, entered on 27, the positive result for Covid-19 came out on April 1 and died on April 5. He had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and high blood pressure.

Patient deaths have also been confirmed in other cities, such as Extrema, Espinosa, Divinópolis, Governador Valadares, Juiz de Fora, São Francisco, Belmiro Braga, Patos de Minas, Nanuque, Uberaba and Varginha.