Brazil Records 10,900 New Covid-19 Cases in 24 Hours (October 18th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil recorded 10,982 new cases of Covid-19 in 24 hours, reported yesterday, October 18th, the Ministry of Health. Since the start of the pandemic, 5,235,344 people have been confirmed with the infection.

There have been 230 new deaths since Saturday, totaling 153,905. The number of people recovered from the disease in Brazil has reached 4,650,030, while there are 431,409 under follow-up. Another 2,362 cases are under investigation.

The Ministry of Health reported that there was “an issue” in updating figures from the states of Rondônia, Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Goiás. “The DATASUS [Department of Data Processing of the National Health System] is working to solve the issue. The data are preserved, and will be updated in tomorrow’s report”, said the Ministry.

The figures for new cases and deaths are typically lower over the weekend due to issues in feeding data by the state Health Secretariats.

Covid in the states

São Paulo records 1,063,602 cumulative Covid-19 cases, with 38,020 deaths. Minas Gerais counts 335,683 cases and 8,446 deaths. Bahia has 335,351 cases and 7,316 deaths. Rio de Janeiro counts fewer cases than the other states (290,878), but ranks second in the number of deaths (19,765).

São Paulo State

The state leads in the number of infections and deaths by the novel coronavirus in Brazil. Among the total number of infections, 947,608 people have recovered, and 116,487 have been hospitalized and discharged.

ICU bed occupancy rates stand at 40.5 percent in Greater São Paulo and at 41 percent in the state. The number of hospitalized patients stands at 7,416, of whom 4,125 are in wards and 3,291 in intensive care units, according to data from 11 AM on Sunday.

Among those who died from the disease in the state, 21,882 are men and 16,138 are women. The deaths continue to be concentrated in patients aged 60 years or older, totaling 76.3 percent of fatalities.

The main risk factors associated with Covid-19 mortality are heart disease (59.7 percent of deaths), and diabetes mellitus (43.3 percent).

Source: Agência Brasil