Covid-19: Brazil Records Cumulative 88,500 Deaths and 2.48 Million Cases (July 28th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Health’s daily update shows that 88,539 deaths have already occurred in Brazil as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Over the past 24 hours, 921 deaths have been recorded. The figure marked an increase of one percent in relation to Monday, July 27th, when the balance showed 87,618 deaths.

Also according to the portfolio, 40,816 new cases were added to the statistics over the past 24 hours. As a result, the total of accumulated cases reached 2,483,191. The number represents an increase of 1.6 percent compared to Monday, when the panel marked 2,442,375 people infected since the start of the pandemic.

According to the bulletin, there are 673,092 patients under follow-up. To date, 1,721,560 people have recovered from Covid-19. There are also 3,842 deaths under investigation.

The lethality rate (number of deaths divided by the total of cases) stood at 3.6 percent, while the mortality rate (number of deaths per 100,000 inhabitants) reached 32.1. The incidence of Covid-19 cases per 100,000 inhabitants stands at 1181.6.

“Difficulty to export data”

The São Paulo State Health Secretariat reported that it experienced “difficulty in exporting the database in time to update the national panel. The data will be aggregated on Wednesday, July 29th. The Pará Health Secretariat revised its data, reducing the total number of deaths in the state.

Covid-19 in the states

The states with the highest death toll from the novel coronavirus are São Paulo (21,676), Rio de Janeiro (13,033), Ceará (7,613), Pernambuco (6,421), and Pará (5,716). The states with the fewest deaths from the pandemic are Mato Grosso do Sul (328), Tocantins (357), Roraima (479), Acre (500), and Amapá (558).

Source: Agência Brasil