The Brazilian Ministry of Health has reported 461,057 deaths in the country and the number of infections increased to 16,471,600, with 79,670 new cases registered in the last 24 hours.
Brazil, with a population of over 212 million, is the second country in the world with the highest number of deaths from COVID-19 after the United States of America and the third most infected, displaced by the North American nation and India.
Data released by the Ministry of Health shows that 14,869,696 people with covid-19 have recovered from the disease, accounting for 90.3% of the total.
A further 1,140,847 patients are undergoing medical follow-up in hospitals or at home after a positive test result.
Thousands of people demonstrated today in several cities in Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro, criticizing the management of the covid-19 pandemic.
According to France-Presse (AFP), in the center of Rio de Janeiro, about 10,000 people took part in a protest organized by left-wing and student movements, shouting “Handicap Bolsonaro” and “Genocide Bolsonaro” in reference to the victims of Covid-19 in Brazil.
Many of the deaths from COVID-19 could have been prevented if the approach to tackling the pandemic had been different and if the Brazilian government had launched a vaccination campaign earlier, protesters said.
Demonstration organizations asked participants to take COVID-19 prevention measures and handed out masks and disinfectant gel.
The protests began after Jair Bolsonaro called for demonstrations in support of his government two weeks ago.
According to the Datafolha Institute, Bolsonaro’s popularity fell to 24%, the lowest level of his presidency.
It was announced today that governors of 18 of the 27 Brazilian federal units on Friday petitioned the Federal Supreme Court (STF) to try to prevent them from being summoned to testify before the Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry (CPI) about the pandemic’s failures.
