Brazil breaks record with 11,385 new cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours



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(photo: AFP)
(photo: AFP)

After confirming the higher number of deaths from the new coronavirus during the night This week, Brazil registered the highest number of confirmed cases in the last 24 hours on Wednesday (5/13). The update of data carried out daily by the Ministry of Health showed that 11,385 new cases were included in the balance. In addition, the folder also confirmed another 749 deaths from the disease from Tuesday to Wednesday. As a result, the country already totals 188,974 cases and 13,149 deaths, and there are also 2,500 deaths under investigation.

According to the balance of the Ministry of Health, the most affected states are So Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Cear, Pernambuco, Amazonas, Maranho, Par and Bahia and Esprito Santo. The nine states have more than 200 registered deaths each and concentrate 11,800 deaths, that is, almost 90% of national deaths. S in So Paulo there were 169 more deaths in one day, reaching a total of 4,118 losses.

Epicenter of the disease, SP doubled the number of deaths in just two weeks; on April 28, for example, there were 2,049. In the state, for every ten deaths, at least seven were 60 or older. On the other hand, this group represents only 21% of the total confirmed cases, which predominate among the elderly. Of the 51,097 people infected with SP, 78% were children, youth or adults up to 59 years of age.

The second state with the highest number of visits is still RJ, which adds up to 2,050 losses. However, for the first time since the outbreak of cases in Brazil, Cear overtook the state of Rio de Janeiro in confirmation. There were 19,156 positive diagnoses of the coronavirus in the CE against 18,728 in the RJ.

The folder revealed the number of patients recovered from covid-19, relative to the numbers from the previous day. Of the 188,974 patients diagnosed with the new coronavirus, 78,424 were released, representing 41.5% of people who have had a proven diagnosis. The percentage has been declining in recent weeks. In late April, for example, the recovery rate was over 50%.

Collective canceled

The Ministry of Health canceled this Wednesday (May 13) the press conference in which the Health Minister, Nelson Teich, would present the guide to guide states and municipalities on social isolation. In a note, the ministry said that an agreement has not yet been reached with the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) and the National Council of Municipal Health Secretariats (Conasems) in the meetings held so far.

“Since last Saturday (9), the strategy has been discussed with the councils of the state and municipal health departments, Conass and Conasems. The goal was to have a plan based on consensus. However, this understanding was not obtained in the meetings held so far, “says the note.

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