In total, Brazil already accounts for 551,835 deaths and 19,749,073 infections caused by the SARS-Cov-2 virus that caused the pandemic.
The state of São Paulo remains the undisputed leader in the number of deaths and cases in Brazil, with a total of 137,740 deaths and 4,015,426 confirmed cases.
Rio de Janeiro is in second place in terms of deaths (58,612), followed by Minas Gerais (49,901), Paraná (34,695) and Rio Grande do Sul (33,147).
Minas Gerais (1,942,682) is in second place in terms of the total number of cases, followed by Paraná (1,368,490), Rio Grande do Sul (1,355,601) and Bahia (1,187,550).
The Ministry of Health said on Tuesday that more than 96 million Brazilians have already been vaccinated with at least one dose of the immunizing agent used in the country and stressed that these results “reflect a decline of more than 40%. the number of cases and deaths from the disease in one month. “
By highlighting the numbers that take into account the rolling average of cases and deaths from June 25 to July 25 this year, the ministry noted a 42% decrease in the number of deaths, as the country’s rolling average of 1.92 thousand deaths increased to 1.17 thousand. deaths in the period.
The number of cases in Brazil fell to 42.77 thousand on the moving average for Sunday, July 25, which is 40% less than June 25.
Brazilian Health Minister Marcelo Queirogi said the decline in infections and deaths during a pandemic is the result of advances in vaccination.
According to the latest report from Agence France-Presse, the covid-19 pandemic has caused at least 4,169,966 deaths worldwide, out of more than 194.6 million infections with the new coronavirus.
The respiratory illness is caused by the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, discovered at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, a city in central China, and currently variants identified in countries such as the UK, India, South Africa, Brazil and Peru.
