Brazil registers 734 new deaths from covid-19 in 24 hours and adds 152,513 deaths



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The country registered, in the last 24 hours, 734 new deaths from covid-19, totaling 152,513 deaths since the start of the pandemic. The information is from the consortium of vehicles of which Twitter It is part of.

Since yesterday 29,498 new cases have been reported, totaling 5,170,996 diagnoses for the new coronavirus.

The moving average of deaths, calculated from the number of deaths in the last seven days, is 497, which represents a decrease in relation to the variation of 14 days ago.

Nineteen states showed a drop in the moving average of deaths and two showed a high.

Piauí (36%) and Paraíba (19%) were the states with an increase in the average variation of 14 days. Five states and the Federal District remained stable.

All regions showed a decline: Midwest (-27%), Northeast (-31%), North (-46%), Southeast (-20%) and South (-30%).

See the oscillation in the states:

  • Acceleration: PB and PI;
  • Stability: AL, DF, MA, MT RJ and SE;
  • Remains: AC, AP, AM, BA, CE, ES, GO, MG, MS, PA, PE, PR, RN, RO, RR, RS, SC, SP and TO.

Health data

The Ministry of Health reported 749 new deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. With this, the country reaches 151,747 deaths from the disease.

There are 27,235 new confirmed cases compared to yesterday, totaling 5,140,863 diagnoses for the disease derived from the new coronavirus.

The federal government considers 4,568,813 recovered cases and states that there are 420,303 patients under follow-up.

Minister diagnosed with covid-19

Communications Minister Fábio Faria announced today that he tested positive for the new coronavirus. He said he attended a dinner last week in which other participants also fell ill.

“Yesterday I had a fever of 37.1 degrees along with a headache. I did that test on my finger and it came back negative. Then I went to the hospital for a blood test that was also negative, ”the minister explained on Twitter. “More or [resultado do] The PCR was positive. “

Even with the symptoms, Fábio Faria gave a press conference yesterday to the press and, without wearing a protective mask, commented on the privatization plan of Correos.

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 in collaboration 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 recent attitudes by the authorities and the president himself question the availability of the data and its veracity.

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