RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus in the country since the start of the pandemic has reached the mark of 5,653,561. The latest data were released on Saturday night, November 7th, by the Ministry of Health.
Between Friday and Saturday, 22,380 new cases of the disease were notified by the states Health Secretariats.
The country has recorded 162,269 deaths since the start of the pandemic. In the past 24 hours, 254 deaths have been reported. There are still 2,295 deaths under investigation.
The update released November 7th once again failed to add new patients under follow-up, maintaining the figures released on November 4th, totaling 364,575 patients. The same is true for people who have already recovered from the disease, totaling 5,064,344. The Ministry’s justification is that there were challenges in updating the information as a result of an internal systems breakdown on November 4th.
Covid-19 in the states
The states with the highest number of deaths are São Paulo (39,717), Rio de Janeiro (20,905), Ceará (9,391), Minas Gerais (9,204), and Pernambuco (8,724).
The states with the lowest number of cases are Roraima (695), Acre (699), Amapá (751), Tocantins (1,112), and Rondônia (1,474).
Source: Agência Brasil