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Brazil once again registered more than a thousand deaths from covid-19 in a 24-hour interval. According to data published today by the Ministry of Health, the country confirmed 1,111 new deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours. Since the start of the pandemic, 192,681 people have died.
This is the highest mark since September 15, when the Ministry reported 1,113 new deaths overnight. It is the second time this month that Brazil has more than a thousand deaths from covid-19 in 24 hours. Earlier, on December 17, 1,092 deaths were recorded.
From yesterday to today, 58,718 positive diagnoses for the new coronavirus were registered in Brazil. The number of infected people has risen to 7,563,551 since the start of the pandemic.
The folder also reported that 6,647,538 people recovered from the disease, with another 723,332 being followed.
It is worth mentioning, however, that the death records on weekends and holidays tend to be lower due to the reduction of teams in the health departments, which tends to dampen the data that is inserted in the count by the health departments. states in the days after.
Covid should reduce life expectancy in the country by up to 2 years
The year marked by the pandemic and the closure comes to an end with the hope of the vaccine. But the impacts of covid-19 will be felt for a long time and could be even more profound than previously thought. The life expectancy of Brazilians at birth is expected to decrease by up to two years due to the more than 190,000 deaths from the disease. It will be the first drop in this indicator recorded in the country since 1940, according to data from the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics).
Experts from FGV (Fundação Getulio Vargas) and Ipea (Institute for Applied Economic Research) estimate that the pandemic will reverse the trend observed in recent decades. The Brazilian will lose at least one year of life expectancy, reaching up to two years. Depending on the government’s ability to vaccinate the population in 2021, this drop may continue for another year.
In 1940, the life expectancy of Brazilians at birth was very low, 45.5 years. With the reduction in infant mortality and advances in medicine, the number has been growing steadily. In 1980 it reached 62.5 and, in 2000, 69.8. For the past 20 years, earnings have been a bit slower, but nonetheless, there has never been a decline.
According to the latest data published by IBGE, in November, the life expectancy of Brazilians at birth was 76.6 years. And it could be even higher if it weren’t for urban violence, which tends to victimize young men. So much so that life expectancy for women was 80.1 years, compared to 73.1 years for men.
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.
