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The Juiz de Fora City Council (PJF) registered, this Friday (January 1), five more deaths from Covid-19 in the city. With the update, the total number of deaths from the disease has risen to 509 since the start of the pandemic.
According to the epidemiological bulletin, two of the five deaths occurred on Wednesday (30). The victims are a 72-year-old woman suffering from systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and a 78-year-old man suffering from systemic arterial hypertension, obesity and asthma.
Two other deaths occurred on Thursday (31): that of a 72-year-old man, who had chronic cardiovascular disease and chronic kidney disease, and that of an 87-year-old man, who had systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and kidney disease. chronic.
The fifth recorded death is related to an 88-year-old man, who passed away on Friday. He presented systemic arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiovascular disease, and hypothyroidism as comorbidities. According to health authorities, comorbidities, in addition to age, are risk factors for Covid-19 disease.
In addition to the five deaths, this Friday’s epidemiological bulletin also counted 19 cases of Covid-19. With the update, the number of infected has risen to 15,686 since March. 64 Covid-19 suspects were also registered, bringing the number of suspects in the city to 45,155.
All the data in the epidemiological bulletin refer to residents of Juiz de Fora. The balance is made available by the Juiz de Fora City Council (PJF) on the website covid19.pjf.mg.gov.br, created to disseminate information about the coronavirus.
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