Brazil Has 428 Deaths in 24 Hours, Reaching 6,329; Over 90,000 Total Cases (May 1st)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of confirmed cases has risen to 91,589, according to a report published yesterday afternoon by the Ministry of Health. There was a seven percent increase in both cases and deaths. On Thursday, there were 85,380 cases and 5,901 deaths from the disease, a worldwide pandemic.

There were 6,209 new cases diagnosed overnight. According to the Ministry, at least 47,221 patients are being monitored, and 38,039 have already recovered (41.5 percent of those infected) – 1,642 deaths are still under investigation.

On Thursday, the country had exceeded the number of cases in China and became 10th in the Johns Hopkins University world ranking. The speed of contagion in capital cities is increasing: cases are doubling every five and a half days.

In São Luís, Maranhão, cases double every three and a half days. There, the courts have ordered a complete blockade, also known as a lockdown.

In Manaus, Amazonas, which last week began the burial of covid-19 victims in collective graves due to lack of space and time, the official number of cases doubles every 4.32 days, on average.

In total, deaths due to coronavirus confirmed in each state are:

Acre (19); Alagoas (53); Amapá (37); Amazonas (476); Bahia (117); Ceará (505); Federal District (30); Espírito Santo (96); Goiás (29); Maranhão (204); Mato Grosso (11); Mato Grosso do Sul (9); Minas Gerais (88); Pará (235); Paraná (89); Paraíba (67); Pernambuco (603); Piauí (24); Rio Grande do Norte (56); Rio Grande do Sul (58); Rio de Janeiro (921); Rondônia (18); Roraima (8); Santa Catarina (48); São Paulo (2.511); Sergipe (14); Tocantins (3).

Source: UOL

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