Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced, on Sunday evening, that it had recorded 47,774 cases and 1290 new deaths from the Corona virus, which causes the “Covid-19” infection.
The Ministry stated, in a daily statistics, that the number of registered infections with Coronavirus “Covid-19” infection in the country during the past 24 hours increased by 47,774, bringing the total number to 11998,233 cases.
In recent weeks, Brazil has witnessed sharp and unprecedented increases in new infections with the Coronavirus, and on March 17 this indicator reached 90,303 cases, on March 18, 86982, and on March 19, 90570, which represents a record number, and on March 20, 79069.
The ministry also stated that it had detected 1,290 new deaths caused by the disease, bringing the death toll from the pandemic in the country to the level of 294,042 people, with a lethality rate of 2.4%.
The country recently recorded record increases to the new death index, as it reached 2841 on March 16, which is the highest number of pandemic victims on a daily basis, and 2,648 in the statistics on March 17, on March 18, 2724, on March 19, 2815, and on March 20. 2438.
It is worth noting that the indicators of the Corona virus in Brazil always witness a decline for bureaucratic reasons and a decrease in the number of examinations.
Brazil recorded the second largest death toll from the virus in the world after the United States, and the third highest number of infections after the United States and India.
However, the health authorities confirmed that the official statistics may differ significantly from the real numbers, because the tests did not include all the injured.
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