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After a partially cloudy Saturday, which contributed to the movement in the sands of Rio becoming smaller, the Cariocas returned to meet on the beaches of the city on this sunny Sunday, where the temperature reached 40.8 degrees in Irajá , As reported. the Rio Alert, of the City Council. In Ipanema, no signs indicated that the city was in the middle of a pandemic and there was no distance between the umbrellas. On the boardwalk, the report found no inspection.
According to city council regulations, only individual sports activities and swimming are allowed. Staying on the sand, with chairs, sarongs or umbrellas is still prohibited, but despite the ban, bathers filled the sands of Leme, Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon on Sunday morning, the first of spring.
In Leme, some groups played fresh ball games, while in Ipanema and Leblon, where thousands of umbrellas were glued together, bathers played footvolley, although team sports were only allowed Monday through Friday. In some parts of the coast, the tents were even at a distance, but most of the bathers did not wear masks.
On the 18th, the acting governor Cláudio Castro extended until October 6 some restrictive measures to prevent and confront Covid-19 in Rio. In addition to the prohibition of events with public presence, the stay on the sandy beaches and the league. remains suspended.
It is also prohibited, on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, the parking of private vehicles on the other side of the border from the Rio de Janeiro capital. Only car owners who live in the region can park. According to the city, 186 vehicles had been removed from Leme ao Pontal by the end of the morning.
This Sunday, the state of Rio registered an increase in the moving average of deaths from Covid-19 for the tenth consecutive day. In total, there are 18,278 victims and 261,860 infected by Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic in March.
‘Critical zone’ in the capital: increase in hospitalizations
In the midst of this scenario, Fiocruz researchers concluded, in the last fortnightly update of the Covid-19 Observatory -which collects data between the 6th and 19th of this month- that the city of Rio is in a “critical zone” in relation to the beds of patients with coronavirus. The study indicates that there are signs of overload in the hospitals of the municipality, and that, among the days analyzed, there was 86% occupancy in the ICU places for adults. There was also a decrease in the supply of beds per 10,000 inhabitants. The poll was released on Friday.
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