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RIO – Brazil registered 315 new deaths from Covid-19 on Monday. This is the day with the fewest lives lost to the new coronavirus since May 3, 127 days ago, when 289 new deaths from the disease were recorded. With the figures for the last 24 hours, there are 127,001 deaths in the country.
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There were also 9,992 new cases of the disease in the country, bringing those infected with Sars-CoV-2 to 4,147,598.
On Monday, Brazil recorded a moving average of 784 deaths from Covid-19, the lowest since May 18, when there were 749 deaths per day that week. Since August 12, the moving average of deaths of Brazilians due to the new coronavirus has been below 1,000 and since August 28, below 900. Thus, Brazil continues with a downward trend in deaths from Sars-CoV -two.
The “7-day moving average” averages between the number of deaths for the day and the previous six. It is compared to an average of two weeks ago to indicate whether there is an uptrend, stability or a downtrend. The calculation is a statistical resource to be able to see the trend of the data, drowning out the “noise” caused on weekends, when the notification of deaths due to a shortage of shift employees is reduced.
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The Federal District and 16 states show a downward trend in deaths from Covid-19: Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Rondônia, Santa Catarina and Sergipe.
In contrast, there are only two states with an upward trend: Amazonas and Roraima. The remaining eight states are stable: Ceará, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Pará, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo and Tocantins.
The information is from the 8 pm bulletin of the press vehicles consortium, formed by O GLOBO, Extra, G1, Folha de S.Paulo, UOL and O Estado de S. Paulo, which collects information from state health departments.
The media initiative was created from inconsistencies in the data presented by the Ministry of Health.
The folder bulletin released this Monday shows a total of 4,147,794 cases of covid-19 in the country, of which 10,273 were registered in the last 24 hours. The deaths reached 126,960, of which 310 were confirmed in the last 24 hours. According to the Ministry of Health, there are 2,506 more deaths under investigation.
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The Chinese laboratory Sinovac Biotech said on Monday (7) that its vaccine against Covid-19 appears to be safe in older people, according to the preliminary results of its Phase 1 and 2 tests, although the induced immune responses were moderately weaker than in young adults.
The Sinovac candidate is being tested in Brazil in its Phase 3 in association with the Butantan Institute, linked to the São Paulo government. 20 thousand doses were brought to the country, which are being applied to up to 9 thousand volunteers in São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Rio de Janeiro and the Federal District.
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Health officials around the world are concerned about the prospect of the efficacy of vaccines being developed in the elderly, a group whose immune systems typically react less strongly to inoculations against a virus that has killed nearly 890,000 people. in the planet.
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The return to the classroom will meet resistance in Brazil. An Ibope survey commissioned by GLOBO shows that for 72% of respondents, students are only required to return to schools in person after a vaccine for the new coronavirus is available. The survey was conducted between August 21 and 31, on the internet, of 2,626 Brazilians over 18 years of age and in classes A, B and C.
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Currently, only the state of Amazonas has already allowed face-to-face return to schools. São Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul will follow the same measure starting tomorrow. Rio de Janeiro, Piauí, Pernambuco and Pará also have scheduled dates that start on October 14. All have plans for the return in a staggered way and with preventive measures. Acre, according to a survey by the National Council of Secretaries of Education (Consed), is in the planning stage. And the other 19 states don’t have a fixed date.
