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RIO – Brazil registered 22,622 new cases and 317 new deaths from coronavirus in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, 6,336,278 cases and 173,165 lives lost have been confirmed, according to the media consortium.
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The moving average of deaths, also verified by the bulletin, was 518. This level means stability, since there was a negative variation of 7% in relation to the last 14 days. Variations between 15% and -15% are considered stability in numbers.
The moving average of cases was 34,748, 21% more than 14 days ago. That means a 20% growth compared to two weeks ago.
Eight states showed an increase in the moving average of deaths: Santa Catarina, Espírito Santo, Acre, Amazonas, Rondônia, Ceará, Pernambuco and Sergipe.
Infographic: coronavirus figures in Brazil and around the world
The data comes from the consortium formed by O GLOBO, Extra, G1, Folha de S.Paulo, UOL and O Estado de S. Paulo and collects information from state health departments released daily until 8 pm. The media initiative was created from inconsistencies in the data presented by the Ministry of Health.
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The “7-day moving average” averages between the number of deaths for the day and the previous six. It is compared with an average of two weeks ago to indicate if 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.
São Paulo toughens the rules; Mayor-elect in Rio rules out confinement
Doctors and scientists who have dealt with Covid-19 since the start of the pandemic in São Paulo criticized the São Paulo government’s response to the worsening pandemic scenario. In the expert assessment heard by GLOBO, the descent of 100% of the municipalities to the yellow phase of the economic recovery plan, on Monday, was late and timid. They also criticized the date of the decision, a day after the result of the second round of the municipal elections.
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For the infectologist and director of the Sociedade Pauista de Infectologia (SPI), Evaldo Stanislau de Araújo, more aggressive measures are needed to have a real impact on the transmission of the coronavirus in São Paulo, which has accelerated since the end of October.
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– The way in which it is being done, just after an electoral campaign, which had the most was the crowds, is, at least, hypocritical. If there is no way to monitor and ban crowds, we must close all essential establishments at peak times. As it was done, he is late and shy – evaluates Araújo.
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On Monday, Governor João Doria announced that the entire state of São Paulo is once again in the yellow phase of quarantine, the same level reached on September 11. On October 9, 76% of the state improved its indicators and went into the green phase. This included the Greater São Paulo, Baixada Santista, Taubaté, Sorocaba, Piracicaba and Campinas regions.
In Rio, the elected mayor, Eduardo Paes, dismisses the closure and says that it will promote the expansion of tests in the city. According to Paes, “you will hear the real science and medicine (about the pandemic)” and a group of scientists will help in the fight against Covid-19 in the city.
