Covid-19: Brazil Records Cumulative 161,700 Deaths, 5.61 Million Cases (November 5th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The country has recorded 161,736 deaths since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In the past 24 hours, 630 deaths have been registered.  There are still 2,295 deaths under investigation, according to Wednesday’s data.

The data are included in the Ministry of Health’s daily balance, released on Thursday night, November 5th. The update is based on information on deaths and cases reported by state Health Secretariats.

The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic now totals 5,612,319. Between Wednesday and Thursday, 22,294 new positive diagnoses for the disease were notified by the state health authorities.

The balance did not include new patients under follow-up, maintaining the data from the preceding day – 364,575. The same is true for people who have recovered from the disease, totaling 5,064,344. The Ministry’s explanation is that there were updating issues due to the collapse of internal systems yesterday.

Covid-19 in the states

The states with the highest number of deaths are São Paulo (39,717), Rio de Janeiro (20,849), Ceará (9,386), Minas Gerais (9,128), and Pernambuco (8,687).

The states with the fewest fatal cases are Roraima (695), Acre (697), Amapá (751), Tocantins (1,108), and Rondônia (1,470).

Source: Agência Brasil