Brazil sees record 3,869 COVID-19 deaths, health ministry says (March 31st)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil on Wednesday reported a daily record of 3,869 new COVID-19 deaths, with 90,638 new coronavirus cases in the prior 24 hours, the health ministry said.

On Tuesday, the country recorded 3,780 registered deaths. With the new victims added to the statistics, the total number of lives lost to the pandemic reached 321,515. Yesterday, the total was 317,646.

There are still 3,495 deaths under investigation by health teams. This is because there are cases where the diagnosis about the cause only comes out after the patient’s death.

The number of people recovered rose to 11,169,937. The number of patients with active cases being monitored by health teams was 1,257,295.

States

The ranking of states with more deaths by covid-19 is led by São Paulo (74,652), Rio de Janeiro (36,727), Minas Gerais (24,332), Rio Grande do Sul (19,736), and Paraná (16,717).

The states with the fewest deaths are Acre (1,262), Amapá (1,302), Roraima (1,341), Tocantins (2,032), and Sergipe (3,501).

Vaccination

Until early this evening, 34.9 million doses of vaccine had been distributed. Of this total, 18.5 million doses were applied, 14.3 million of the first dose, and 4.1 million of the second dose.