Covid-19: Brazil Records 72,800 Deaths and 1.88 Million Cases (July 13th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – With 733 new deaths from Covid-19 recorded over the past 24 hours, Brazil has reached a total of 72,833 deaths from the novel coronavirus. The daily update was released by the Ministry of Health early on Monday evening, July 13th.

The number of confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic has reached 1,884,967. The Ministry of Health’s system counted 20,286 new cases since Sunday’s balance.

According to the Ministry’s bulletin, 657,297 people are being followed up and 1,154,837 have recovered from the disease. There are still 4,011 deaths under investigation to determine if they were caused by Covid-19.

There was a one percent increase in both the number of deaths and the number of confirmed cases of the disease compared to Sunday’s data. However, over the past week, the number of deaths increased by 11.2 percent and the number of confirmed cases by 16.1 percent.

On Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays, the daily recorded figure tends to be lower due to the difficulty in feeding the municipal and state secretariats’ databases. On Tuesdays, the number of cases is typically higher due to the updating of the accumulated cases on weekends.

The lethality rate (number of deaths by the total of cases) stood at 3.9 percent. The mortality rate (number of deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants) reached 34.7. The incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 897.

Covid-19 throughout Brazil

The states with the most deaths are: São Paulo (17,907), Rio de Janeiro (11,474), Ceará (6,947), Pernambuco (5,652), and Pará (5,293). The states with the fewest deaths due to the pandemic are: Mato Grosso do Sul (167), Tocantins (259), Roraima (397), Acre (430), and Amapá (478).

The states with the most confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic are São Paulo (374,607), Ceará (137,206), Rio de Janeiro (132,044), Pará (126,509) and Bahia (106,891). The Federation Units with the fewest recorded infections are: Mato Grosso do Sul (13,461), Tocantins (15,307), Acre (16,260), Roraima (22,627) and Rondônia (27,050).

Source: Agência Brasil

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