Brazil Reaches 3.58 Million Cases and 114,250 Covid-19 Deaths (August 22nd)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of deaths by covid-19 has increased by 892 in the past 24 hours. As a result, the total number of deaths from the novel coronavirus in Brazil rose to 114,250.

Of the 3,582,362 cases confirmed – a figure that including the 50,032 cases recorded between Friday and Saturday – 2,709,638 have recovered, according to the Ministry of Health’s daily report.

The Ministry reported that the lethality rate (number of deaths for the total number of cases) stands at 3.2 percent, and the mortality rate (number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants) at 54.4. The incidence of covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 1,704.7.

The states with the highest number of deaths are São Paulo (28,392), Rio de Janeiro (15,267), Ceará (8,268), Pernambuco (7,364), and Pará (6,047). In contrast, Tocantins leads among the states with the fewest deaths, registering 573. Next come Roraima (579), Acre (598), Amapá (630) and Mato Grosso do Sul (722).

São Paulo also leads among the states with the highest number of confirmed Covid-19 cases, with 749,244. Next come Bahia (234,204), Rio de Janeiro (210,464), Ceará (204,587), and Pará (188,644). The states with the lowest number of cases are Acre (23,665), Mato Grosso do Sul (41,888), Tocantins (42,839), Amapá (41,031), and Roraima (41,527).

Source: Agência Brasil