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For the third day in a row, Brazil broke a record in the moving average of deaths from covid-19. There were 1,223 deaths on average in the past seven days, putting the country back on an accelerating trend. The survey is the consortium of press vehicles of which Twitter It is part, based on data provided by state health departments.
Successive records show that Brazil is currently experiencing its worst moment since March 2020. The country is also going through the longest period with an average of deaths above a thousand: it is already 40 days. February 2021 is the second deadliest in the entire pandemic.
The six highest moving averages of deaths from covid-19 during the pandemic occurred in the last six days:
- March 1 – 1223
- February 28 – 1,208
- February 27 – 1180
- February 25 – 1150
- February 26 – 1,148
- February 24 – 1,129
With today’s moving average and consecutive records, Brazil once again shows an acceleration (16%) compared to 14 days ago. The last time the country registered an increase was on January 21.
In the last 24 hours, the country registered 818 new deaths from covid-19, raising the total number of deaths to 255,836 since the start of the pandemic. The numbers do not indicate when the deaths actually occurred, but rather when they began to be counted from official balances.
Fourteen states and the Federal District also show an upward trend, while only four have a downward trend. Another eight maintain stable rates.
Of the 5 regions, 3 registered an upward trend: Northeast (49%), North (49%) and South (114%). Midwest (-3%) and Southeast (1%) remain stable.
From yesterday to today, there were 40,479 positive diagnoses for the new coronavirus. Since the start of the pandemic, the total number of infected people in the country has reached 10,589,608.
Health data
This Monday (1st), the Ministry of Health announced that Brazil registered 778 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, the disease has caused a total of 255,720 deaths in the country.
From yesterday to today, there were 35,742 positive tests for the new coronavirus, according to the folder. The number of infected people has reached 10,587,001 since the beginning of the pandemic.
According to the federal government, 9,457,100 people recovered from the disease, with another 874,181 being followed.
See the situation by state and in the Federal District:
Southeastern region
- Espírito Santo: stable (1%)
- Minas Gerais: stable (-5%)
- Rio de Janeiro: stable (0%)
- São Paulo: stable (6%)
Northern region
- Para: acceleration (53%)
- Rondônia: stable (-12%)
- Tocantins: Acceleration (68%)
Northeast region
- Bay: acceleration (60%)
- Ceará: acceleration (64%)
- Maranhão: acceleration (71%)
- Paraíba: acceleration (46%)
- Pernambuco: stable (-13%)
- Piauí: acceleration (72%)
- Rio Grande do Norte: acceleration (116%)
Central West Region
- Federal District: acceleration (48%)
- Mato Grosso: acceleration (21%)
- Mato Grosso do Sul: stable (-1%)
Southern region
- Paraná: acceleration (82%)
- Rio Grande do Sul: acceleration (123%)
- Santa Catarina: acceleration (154%)
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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