Covid-19: Brazil Counts 171,000 Deaths and 6.2 Million Cumulative Cases

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of cumulative cases of Covid-19 increased from 6,166,606 to 6,204,220 between Wednesday and Thursday, November 26th. In 24 hours, 37,614 positive diagnoses were registered for the disease, lower than the 47,898 added to the statistics on Wednesday.

Deaths from the novel coronavirus pandemic rose from 170,769 to 171,460. Between Wednesday and Thursday, 691 deaths were recorded, higher than the 654 notifications included in Wednesday’s balance. There are a further 2,177 deaths under investigation, data referring to Wednesday.

The information is included in the Ministry of Health’s daily update, released on Thursday night, November 26th. The portfolio discloses a report based on data forwarded by state Health Secretariats daily.

Still according to the Ministry’s update, there are 504,161 patients under follow-up. Another 5,528,599 people have already recovered from the disease.

The states with the highest number of deaths by Covid-19 are São Paulo (41,773), Rio de Janeiro (22,394), Minas Gerais (9,904), Ceará (9,545), and Pernambuco (8,987).

The states with the fewest deaths from the disease are Acre (722), Roraima (723), Amapá (802), Tocantins (1,155), and Rondônia (1,535).

Source: Agência Brasil

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