Brazil Totals 6.07 Million Covid-19 Cases and 169,000 Deaths (November 22nd)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The balance published yesterday, November 22nd, by the Ministry of Health, shows that 18,615 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported over the past 24 hours. There are 6,071,401 cumulative cases since the start of the pandemic. Additionally, 194 new deaths were recorded, totaling 169,183 fatalities. A total of 5,432,505 people (89.5 percent) have been cured of the disease.
Lower figures are common on Sundays, due to the data feeding challenges faced by Health Secretariats during weekends. The Ministry of Health’s balance is based on records compiled by the state Health Secretariats and submitted to the portfolio for consolidation.
Covid-19 in the states
São Paulo has reached 1,209,588 infections. The other states with the highest number of cases in the country are Minas Gerais (396,933), and Bahia (384,903). Acre is the state with the lowest number of cases (34,626), followed by Amapá (56,548), and Roraima (61,838).
São Paulo also leads in the number of deaths, with 41,267. Rio de Janeiro (21,974) and Minas Gerais (9,777) come next. The states with fewer deaths are Acre (713), Roraima (720), and Amapá (789).
Source: Agência Brasil
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