Brazil Records 23,473 Deaths From Covid-19, Says Ministry (May 25th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – On Monday, May 25th, the Ministry of Health released the latest balance of cases and deaths caused by the novel coronavirus. The main data are:

• 23,473 deaths, there were 22,666 on Sunday, May 24th; 807 deaths were recorded in the 24-hour period;
• 374,898 confirmed cases; 11,687 new cases were included in the 24-hour period;
• 153,833 patients recovered (41 percent)

São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Ceará are the three states with the highest number of cases and deaths from the new Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus infection in Brazil. The three states alone account for over half (54 percent) of deaths from Covid-19 complications in Brazil.

• São Paulo: 83,625 cases, 6,220 deaths.
• Rio de Janeiro: 39,298 cases, 4,105 deaths
• Ceará: 36,185 cases, 2,493 deaths

According to Monday’s report, of the more than 23,000 deaths, 270 have occurred in the past 3 days and at least 3,742 are still under investigation.

Source: G1