RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Wednesday, April 29th, the Ministry of Health released the most recent report on coronavirus cases in Brazil.
The main data are:
- 5,466 deaths; on Tuesday, April 28th, it was 5,017;
- There were 449 more deaths in 24 hours, an increase of nine percent;
- 78,162 confirmed cases; on Tuesday there were 71,886. An additional 6,276 cases (nine percent increase);
- 38,564 are being monitored (49 percent);
- 34,132 people have recovered (44 percent);
- 1,452 deaths under investigation;
- São Paulo records 2,247 deaths and 26,158 confirmed cases.
On Wednesday, the disease reached its highest mark in terms of the number of cases since Covid-19 reached Brazil: it is the first time 6,276 infections were recorded in one day, the highest number in the series. On Tuesday, the country had already recorded the highest number of deaths in a 24-hour period, with an additional 474 victims, and reached 5,000 deaths.
State | Confirmed cases | Deaths |
---|---|---|
Acre (AC) | 354 | 17 |
Alagoas (AL) | 957 | 41 |
Amapá (AP) | 1,016 | 31 |
Amazonas (AM) | 4,801 | 380 |
Bahia (BA) | 2,646 | 96 |
Ceará (CE) | 7,267 | 441 |
Federal District (DF) | 1,275 | 28 |
Espírito Santo (ES) | 2,107 | 76 |
Goiás (GO) | 705 | 27 |
Maranhão (MA) | 2,804 | 166 |
Mato Grosso (MT) | 292 | 11 |
Mato Grosso do Sul (MS) | 249 | 9 |
Minas Gerais (MG) | 1,758 | 80 |
Pará (PA) | 2,422 | 137 |
Paraíba (PB) | 699 | 58 |
Paraná (PR) | 1,348 | 82 |
Pernambuco (PE) | 6,194 | 538 |
Piauí (PI) | 454 | 24 |
Rio de Janeiro (RJ) | 8,869 | 794 |
Rio Grande do Norte (RN) | 1,086 | 53 |
Rio Grande do Sul (RS) | 1,368 | 50 |
Rondônia (RO) | 433 | 15 |
Roraima (RR) | 452 | 6 |
Santa Catarina (SC) | 1,995 | 44 |
São Paulo (SP) | 26,158 | 2,247 |
Sergipe (SE) | 337 | 12 |
Tocantins (TO) | 116 | 3 |
Brazil | 78,162 | 5,466 |
Source: G1