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For the first time in 2021, Brazil registered more than 1,000 new deaths caused by covid-19 in a 24-hour interval. 1,186 new deaths were confirmed from yesterday to today. The average death rate, 723, is the highest since Christmas Eve. The data comes from the press media consortium from which Twitter It is part of.
In all, 197,777 people have died from the disease since the start of the pandemic. Still, the country remains stable compared to the 14-day average: -7%. It is already the thirteenth consecutive day of stability in high numbers. The last time the country had a higher average was on December 24, when it registered 736.
According to information from the consortium, the last three days of 2020 were the last moments in which Brazil confirmed more than a thousand new deaths from covid-19 in a 24-hour interval. On December 29, 30 and 31, 1,075, 1,224 and 1,036 new deaths were registered, respectively.
It is worth mentioning, however, that death records on weekends and holidays tend to be repressed due to the reduction of personnel in the health departments. As a result, data is entered in subsequent days, especially Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
There have been 57,447 positive tests for covid-19 in the last 24 hours across the country, increasing the total number of infected people to 7,812,007 since the start of the pandemic.
Health data
In a bulletin released today, the Ministry of Health confirmed that from yesterday to today 1,171 new deaths from the disease were registered, totaling 197,732 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to data from the folder, the last times in which there were more than a thousand new deaths from covid-19 in a 24-hour interval were on December 29, 30 and 31, with 1,111, 1,194 and 1,074 new deaths, respectively.
In the last 24 hours, there were 56,648 positive diagnoses for the new coronavirus in Brazil. The total number of infected people has risen to 7,810,400 since the start of the pandemic.
According to the folder, 6,963,407 people recovered from the disease, with another 649,261 under follow-up.
16 states and DF in stability
Among the states, five registered an acceleration in the variation of 14 days, while another five showed a decrease. Sixteen plus the Federal District remains stable.
Three regions of the country are also experiencing stable deaths: Midwest (-4%), Northeast (-4%) and Southeast (-9%). Only the North (43%) showed acceleration, while the South continued to fall (-17%).
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 fall in the figures when the decrease is greater than 15% if it is observed 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: decrease (-16%)
- Minas Gerais: stable (-6%)
- Rio de Janeiro: stable (-14%)
Northern region
- Amazon: acceleration (88%)
- Para: acceleration (30%)
- Rondônia: stable (12%)
- Roraima: acceleration (129%)
- Tocantins: Acceleration (64%)
Northeast Region
- Maranhão: stable (-2%)
- Rio Grande do Norte: stable (11%)
- Sergipe: acceleration (22%)
Central West Region
- Federal District: stable (-14%)
- Mato Grosso: stable (-15%)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: stable (6%)
Southern region
- Rio Grande do Sul: stable (-8%)
- Santa Catarina: decrease (-30%)
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.
