Covid-19: Brazil Records 614 Deaths and 23,284 New Cases in 24 Hours (July 27th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Health’s bulletin reveals that 614 deaths and a further 23,284 novel coronavirus infections were recorded between Sunday and Monday, July 27th. There are still 3,833 deaths under investigation.

Brazil has totaled 87,618 deaths and 2,442,375 infections since the start of the pandemic. To date, 1,667,667 patients have recovered from the disease. According to the Ministry of Health, there are 687,090 patients under follow-up.

On Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, the daily reported figure tends to be lower due to the challenge in feeding the databases by the municipal and state Health Secretariats. On Tuesdays, the figure is typically higher as the weekend’s reports are updated.

Covid-19 in the states

The states with the most deaths from Covid-19 are São Paulo (21,676), Rio de Janeiro (12,876), Ceará (7,509), Pernambuco (6,376) and Pará (5,729).

The states with the fewest deaths of the novel coronavirus are Mato Grosso do Sul (319), Tocantins (350), Roraima (474), Acre (493) and Amapá (556).

Source: Agência Brasil