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In the past 24 hours, an additional 133 deaths, a daily record, and 2,210 confirmed cases of the new coronavirus were recorded.
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Sputnik – The general balance on COVID-19 in Brazil published by the Ministry of Health on Wednesday (8) showed that the country reached 800 deaths caused by the disease and currently represents 15,927 confirmed cases of people infected with the new coronavirus.
In last 24 hours A further 133 deaths, a daily record and 2,210 cases were recorded confirmed new coronavirus. The mortality rate of COVID-19 in the country is 5%.
However, the Ministry of Health notes that the number of cases may be even higher due to a lack of sufficient evidence. São Paulo, the most populous state, continues to be the most affected by the new coronavirus.
This Wednesday (8), the Secretary of Health of São Paulo, José Henrique Germann, admitted that there is underreporting of mild cases of coronavirus in the state.
“Those patients who are at home, who will not undergo examinations, end up generating underreporting in the entire system, something that happened throughout the world of the disease, since Covid-19, where 80% of patients do nothing with them, there is no treatment, no treatment or research is done. You can go to the doctor, make an appointment and stay for that reason. Therefore, you do not have this notification [dos casos leves]”Germann said, aforementioned through the G1 portal.
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