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São Paulo Exceeds 6,000 Deaths and 80,000 Infections by Covid-19

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Saturday, May 23rd, the State reached 6,045 deaths after recording 272 fatalities in 24 hours. According to the Health Secretariat, 80,558 people are infected.

For Divas Covas, coordinator of the Covid-19 Contingency Center, the pandemic will "probably" endure until October unless the rates improve.

"If we had an isolation rate of over 70 percent, this epidemic would be under control. At the current rate, we are failing to achieve 55 percent as the average projections show. This epidemic will continue," he said.

There is great concern in the São Paulo government . . .

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