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The Ministry of Health confirmed on Sunday (10) 496 new deaths caused by the new coronavirus in the country. With the numbers added in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths reaches 11,123. The total number of people who became infected with the disease increased to 162,699; 6,760 new cases of Covid-19 were added to the official data.
The new figures come a day after the country has passed the 10,000-dead mark. On Saturday (9), the ministry had confirmed 730 deaths. As of Friday (8), the last record of confirmations had been reached in a single day, with 751 records of deaths in a single day.
Brazil is the sixth country with the highest number of deaths caused by the disease. This Sunday, it was behind the United States (79 thousand), the United Kingdom (32 thousand), Italy (30 thousand), Spain (26 thousand) and France (26 thousand), according to the platform of the Johns Hopkins University of the United States. United, which monitors the evolution of the pandemic. The total number of deaths in the world is more than 280 thousand. Confirmed cases exceed 4 million.
However, the new deaths announced by the ministry did not necessarily occur in the last 24 hours; there is a time lag between death registration and confirmation of coronavirus infection.
According to experts, the real numbers in Brazil should be higher, as there is a low supply of evidence in the country and underreporting.
Until May 7, at least 4 states registered an ICU bed occupancy of over 90%: Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Ceará and Roraima. São Luís and Belém also recorded ICU capacity usage of over 90%.
Governors have been pressured by businessmen and mayors for reopening due to the impact of activity restrictions on the economy. President Bolsonaro has minimized the effects of the disease and also defends the resumption of business.
In São Paulo, the state with the worst number of the disease, Governor João Doria extended the mandatory quarantine until May 31. The mayors of the interior of the state opposed the decision. The mayor of São José dos Campos, Felicio Ramuth (PSDB), went to court to try to reopen trade in recent weeks and called the decision disappointing.
In Santa Catarina, where trade has been gradually reopened in some cities since the beginning of April, the number of infected people has grown 173% in the first month of relaxation.
In São Luís, the Justice decreed the “blockade”, which began on Tuesday (5).
