Brazil exceeds 185 thousand deaths from covid-19, with 811 new deaths in 24 hours – 12/18/2020



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Brazil registered 811 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 185,687 deaths from the disease since the start of the pandemic. The information was compiled by the consortium of press vehicles of which Twitter It is part of.

In the last seven days, the average number of deaths was 748, which represents a change of 29% from the rate of 14 days ago. There are 15 days in a row in which Brazil has a high in the moving average of deaths.

All regions show an acceleration in the rate. Among the states, 17 of them and the Federal District registered an increase. Seven remain stable and only Maranhão has fallen. Amapá did not release the details until the account was closed.

Also according to the consortium, between yesterday and today 52,385 new positive tests for covid-19 were confirmed. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 7,163,912 people have been infected.

Health data

This Friday, the Ministry of Health reported that Brazil registered 823 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. The total number of deaths from the disease nationwide has reached 185,650 since the start of the pandemic.

From yesterday to today, 52,544 more official cases of the new coronavirus have been registered. Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of infected people in Brazil has risen to 7,162,978.

According to the folder, 6,198,185 people recovered from covid-19 and another 779,143 are being monitored.

See the situation by state and in the Federal District:

Southeast region

  • Espírito Santo: stable (14%)
  • Minas Gerais: acceleration (52%)
  • Rio de Janeiro: acceleration (29%)
  • São Paulo: acceleration (17%)

Northern region

  • Para: acceleration (44%)
  • Rondônia: acceleration (44%)
  • Tocantins: stable (-11%)

Northeast Region

  • Alagoas: acceleration (76%)
  • Bay: acceleration (16%)
  • Ceará: acceleration (57%)
  • Paraíba: acceleration (81%)
  • Pernambuco: stable (15%)
  • Rio Grande do Norte: acceleration (66%)
  • Sergipe: acceleration (31%)

Central West Region

  • Federal District: acceleration (40%)
  • Goiás: acceleration (17%)
  • Mato Grosso: acceleration (25%)
  • Mato Grosso do Sul: acceleration (60%)

Southern region

  • Paraná: acceleration (64%)
  • Rio Grande do Sul: acceleration (24%)
  • Santa Catarina: acceleration (32%)

Vehicles gather for information

In response to the decision of the government of Jair Bolsonaro to restrict access to data on the covid-19 pandemic, media Twitter, El Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo, O Globo, G1 and Extra formed a consortium to work collaboratively to seek the necessary information directly from the state health departments of the 27 units of the Federation.

The federal government, through the Ministry of Health, should be the natural source of these figures, but the attitudes of the authorities and the president himself during the pandemic cast doubt on the availability of the data and its veracity.

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