Brazil recorded 379 deaths in the past 24 hours

Today, Brazil recorded 379 deaths due to Covid-19. This brings the total number of deaths from the disease to 607504. The data were obtained by the Federation of Press Vehicles, among them UOL It is part, with state health departments.

On average, 328 people have died per Covid-19 in the past seven days, the lowest number since October 18 – when it registered 322.

Today’s rate is -1% lower than the figure 14 days ago, indicating a trend toward stabilization in the country’s deaths. The moving average was below 400 for 18 days and below 350 for a week.

The moving average is the best indicator for analyzing the epidemic, as it corrects for fluctuations in data from health departments that occur on weekends and holidays. The average of the past seven days was compared to the same indicator 14 days ago. If it remains below -15%, this indicates a downtrend; Above 15% acceleration. Between these two values, stability.

Today, five states have not reported deaths from COVID-19. They are: Acre, Amazonas, Amapá, Mato Grosso do Sul and Roraima.

In doing so, twelve states recorded a decrease in the moving average of deaths, while five states recorded an increase. Another nine and the Federal District had stabilization.

Among the regions, the Midwest and North decreased, by -34% and -28%, respectively. The others remained stable: the northeast (1%), the southeast (5%) and the south (15%).

As of 8:00 pm yesterday, 11,287 new cases of coronavirus were recorded, and an average of 11,563 positive tests. Since the beginning of the epidemic, 2,179,761 have been diagnosed with the disease.

View the situation by state and by the Federal District

Southeast region

• Espirito Santo: stable (-6%)

• Minas Gerais: stable (-11%)

• Rio de Janeiro: stable (3%)

The northern area

• Tocantin: stable (-9%)

Northeast region

• Rio Grande do Norte: High (46%)

Midwest region

• Federal District: stable (-7%)

• Mato Grosso: Kida (-33%)

• Mato Grosso do Sul: Kida (-53%)

Southern area

• Rio Grande do Sul: stable (7%)

• Santa Catarina: stable (-8%)

Ministry of Health data

In a bulletin released today, the Ministry of Health reported that Brazil has notified 394 new deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the disease has killed 607,462 people across the country.

According to the ministry’s figures, there were 11,965 positive diagnoses of the new one Corona Virus Between yesterday and today in Brazil. The total number of infected people has risen to 2,179,401 since March 2020.

According to the federal government, 20986,901 cases of the disease have so far recovered, with another 199,038 cases to follow.

Vehicles combine for information

In response to the government’s decision Jair Bolsonaro To restrict access to data related to the covid-19 pandemic and the media UOLand O Estado de S. Paulo, Folha de S. Paulo, O Globo, g1 and Extra consortium to work collaboratively to obtain necessary information directly from state health secretariats in the 27 units of the federation.

The federal government, through the Ministry of Health, should be the natural source for these numbers, but the positions of the authorities and the president himself during the pandemic cast doubt on the availability and accuracy of the data.