Brazil exceeds 195 thousand deaths from Covid-19

Photo: Antonio Molina / Fotoarena / Estadão Content (Dec 18. 2020)

The Ministry of Health registered 462 deaths from Covid-19 this Friday (1st). In total, Brazil already has 195,411 deaths caused by the disease.

The folder also confirmed 24,605 ​​new cases of Covid, bringing the total infected to 7,700,578 people.

The figures refer to the cases registered with the federal government by the State Health Secretariats in a 24-hour period, counted from 4 pm the previous day, regardless of the date of the events.

On Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, these figures are usually lower due to the operation of the Health Departments and Laboratories.

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Variant of Covid-19

The arrival of the variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, first found in the UK shortly before Christmas, has already been confirmed in 31 countries.

Studies indicate that it is more transmissible, but experts say there is no evidence yet that it is more dangerous.

The World Health Organization (WHO) reported that initial analysis of the new strain indicates that it can spread more easily between people, but studies are underway to determine whether it is associated with changes in the severity of symptoms and antibody response. or even the efficacy of the vaccine.

Until December 30, the change called VOC-202012/01 (worrying variant, year 2020, month 12, variant 01) was registered in 31 countries:

1. United Kingdom (origin)
2. Australia
3. Denmark
4. Germany
5. Japan
6. Lebanon
7. Singapore
8. Ireland
9. Israel
10. Belgium
11. Holland
12. Sweden
13. Spain
14. France
15. Canada
16. Norway
17. South Korea
18. Finland
19. India
20. Chile
21. U.S
22. United Arab Emirates
23. China
24. Brazil
25. Switzerland
26. Jordan
27. Italy
28. Portugal
29. Pakistan
30. Iceland
31. Malaysia
32. Taiwan *
33. South Africa **
34. Nigeria **

    * It does not enter the account because it is not recognized as a country by Brazil.

** This is a different strain, but has similarities to the UK one.

(With information from Giulia Alecrim, Carolina Figueiredo and Julyanne Jucá, from CNN, in São Paulo, and Reuters)