Brazil records 1,786 deaths in 24 hours; total reaches 261,000 (March 4th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The country has registered 10,796,506 cases and 261,188 Covid-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic, according to the media outlet consortium. Cases and deaths are on an upward trend.

The media consortium has released a new survey on the coronavirus pandemic situation in Brazil based on data from state health secretariats, as updated on Thursday, March 4th, at 8 PM.

The country registered 1,786 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours – a slight drop from the preceding two record-hitting days since the pandemic began – reaching a total of 261,188 deaths. This brings the rolling average of deaths in Brazil over the past 7 days to 1,361, still rising. There was a 30% variation when compared to the average of 14 days ago, showing an upward trend in deaths from the disease.

It is now 43 straight days with the rolling average of deaths over the 1,000 mark, 7 days over 1,100, and for the 5th day the figure is over 1,200. Since Saturday, six straight new records have been set. Last week’s rolling average sequence:

Friday (February 26th): 1,148
Saturday (February 27th): 1,180 (record)
Sunday (February 28th): 1,208 (record)
Monday (March 1st): 1,223 (record)
Tuesday (March 2nd): 1,274 (record)
Wednesday (March 3rd): 1,332 (record)
Thursday (March 4th): 1,361 (record)

In terms of confirmed cases, since the start of the pandemic 10,796,506 Brazilians have or are infected with the novel coronavirus, with 74,285 of these confirmed in the last day. The rolling average over the last 7 days stood at 57,517 new daily diagnoses. This represents a 27% variation from the cases recorded in two weeks, suggesting an upward trend in infections too.

Sixteen states and the Federal District are registering an increase in deaths: PR, RS, SC, SP, DF, GO, MS, AC, TO, AL, BA, CE, MA, PB, PI, RN, and SE.

Summary for Brazil, March 4th

Total deaths: 261,188
Deaths registered in 24 hours: 1,786
Average number of new deaths in the last 7 days: 1,361 (variation in 14 days: +30%)
Total confirmed cases: 10,796,506
Record of confirmed cases in 24 hours: 74,285
Average of new cases in the last 7 days: 57,517 per day (14-day variation: +27%)

State trends in number of cases

Rising: (16 states and the Federal District): PR, RS, SC, SP, DF, GO, MS, AC, TO, AL, BA, CE, MA, PB, PI, RN and SE
Stable (8 states): ES, MG, RJ, MT, PA, RO, RR and PE
Declining (2 states): AM and AP

Vaccination

The balance of Covid-19 vaccination on Thursday, March 4th, shows that 7,671,525 people have already had their first shot of the vaccine against Covid-19, according to data released by 8 PM. The number represents 3.62% of the Brazilian population.

The second dose has already been administered to 2,463,894 people (1.16% of the country’s population) in all states and in the Federal District. In total, 10,135,419 doses have been administered nationwide.

Media outlet consortium

The data on coronavirus cases and deaths in Brazil was collected after an unprecedented partnership between G1, O Globo, Extra, O Estado de S.Paulo, Folha de S.Paulo, and UOL, which have been working together since June 8th to compile the necessary data in the 26 states and in the Federal District.

Source: G1