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Brazil today surpassed the mark of 7.5 million confirmed cases of covid-19. In the last 24 hours, the country has had 25,490 positive tests for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of infected people to 7,506,890 since the start of the pandemic. The data was collected by the consortium of press vehicles of which Twitter It is part of.
According to data from Johns Hopkins University, Brazil is the third country with the highest number of covid-19 cases in the world, only behind the United States and India (19,191,583 and 10,207,871, respectively, until early afternoon). this second).
From yesterday to today, 495 new deaths from covid-19 were registered in the country. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 191,641 people have died from the disease in Brazil.
There were 617 deaths on average in the last seven days, which represents a stability of -8% compared to 14 days ago. This is the lowest moving average of deaths in 20 days.
Since December 8, when the average was also 617 deaths, the country had an increase in numbers.
It is worth mentioning, however, that the death records on weekends and holidays tend to be lower due to the reduction of teams in the health departments, which tends to dampen the data that is inserted in the count by the health departments. states in the days after.
Health data
On Monday (28), the Ministry of Health announced that the country registered 20,548 positive diagnoses of the disease in the last 24 hours, reaching a total of 7,504,833 infected since the beginning of the pandemic.
From yesterday to today, Brazil registered 431 new deaths caused by covid-19. Since the start of the pandemic, the disease has caused 191,570 deaths in the country.
According to the federal government, 6,568,898 people have recovered from COVID-19, with another 744,365 being followed.
Situation in the states
Three regions of the country are also experiencing stable deaths: the Midwest (13%), the Northeast (-2%) and the South (-9%). Only the North (29%) showed an acceleration, while the Southeast had a decrease (-17%).
In the states, 11 maintain stable records, while eight show acceleration and seven more the DF are falling.
Experts indicate the calculation of the moving average
To measure the situation of deaths from covid-19, experts indicate using the moving average of deaths, which calculates the average of records observed in the last seven days. The operation is the most suitable to observe the trend of the statistics, since it balances the abrupt variations of the numbers throughout the week.
The media consortium adopted this period to verify fluctuations in the moving average. It is possible to speak of a decrease in figures when the decrease is greater than 15% if it is verified in the last 14 days, in this case, the period of the last two weeks. If the numbers rise more than 15%, the epidemic accelerates. Intermediate values indicate stability.
See the situation by state and in the Federal District:
Southeast region
- Espírito Santo: stable (14%)
- Minas Gerais: stable (-1%)
- Rio de Janeiro: decrease (-25%)
Northern region
- Amazon: acceleration (96%)
- Para: acceleration (45%)
- Rondônia: acceleration (27%)
Northeast Region
- Alagoas: acceleration (113%)
- Pernambuco: stable (5%)
- Rio Grande do Norte: stable (-12%)
- Sergipe: acceleration (45%)
Central West Region
- Federal District: remains (-20%)
- Goiás: acceleration (32%)
- Mato Grosso: stable (11%)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: acceleration (25%)
Southern region
- Rio Grande do Sul: decrease (-16%)
- Santa Catarina: decrease (-16%)
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.
