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RIO – The moving average of 642 deaths from Covid-19 is 35% higher than the estimate two weeks ago, when an average of 477 people died that week. The information comes from the 8:00 p.m. bulletin from the press vehicle consortium. Brazil is about to reach the milestone of 180 thousand lives lost by the new coronavirus. In the last 24 hours, 769 deaths were registered, totaling 179,801 deaths. 53,359 new cases of the disease were recorded, bringing the number of Sars-CoV-2 infected to 6,783,477 in the country.
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Despite figures showing the growing pandemic in the country, President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday that Brazil is experiencing the “end of the pandemic.” The statement was given at the inauguration of the Guaíba bridge section, in Porto Alegre (RS).
– Let me talk a little about the government, because we are still living the end of a pandemic – he said.
Infographics: Check the Covid-19 situation in your state
The “7-day moving average” averages between the number of deaths for the day and the previous six. It is compared to an average of two weeks ago to indicate whether there is an uptrend, stability or a downtrend. The calculation is a statistical resource to be able to see the trend of the data, drowning out the “noise” caused on weekends, when the notification of deaths is reduced due to the shortage of shift employees.
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There are 22 federative units with an upward trend in the moving average of deaths: Acre, Bahia, Ceará, Federal District, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Paraná, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro , Rio Grande do Norte, Rio Grande do Sul, Rondônia, Roraima, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Sergipe and Tocantins.
Alagoas, Amapá and Pará maintain a stable trend, while Amazonas and Maranhão are down.
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The data is from the consortium formed by O GLOBO, Extra, G1, Folha de S.Paulo, UOL and O Estado de S. Paulo and compiles information from the state health departments disseminated daily until 8 pm. The media initiative was created from inconsistencies in the data presented by the Ministry of Health.
