Brazil records 79,069 Covid-19 cases and 2,438 deaths in 24 hours (March 20th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Released March 20th,  the bulletin of the Ministry of Health points out that Brazil has recorded, so far, 11,950,459 cases of Covid-19. According to the bulletin, 79,069 new cases of the disease were registered in 24 hours.

The accumulated number of deaths from the disease is 292,752, with 2,438 new deaths since the last edition of the bulletin. The number of recovered people totals 10,419,393 – 87.2% of the total number of infected people. According to the ministry, 1,238,314 people are being followed up.

São Paulo is still in first place in number of cases. The state has accumulated 2,298,061 patients infected by the new coronavirus, with 67,414 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic. Minas Gerais remains second in the infection ranking, with 1,023,969 cases and 21,764 deaths. Paraná had a peak in the number of infections and surpassed Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul. There are 794,443 confirmed cases and 14,840 deaths.

Source: Agencia Brasil

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