November 11, 2024

Corona Virus: Brazil records the fourth largest number of infections in the world within a week, according to the World Health Organization | Corona Virus

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Corona Virus: Brazil records the fourth largest number of infections in the world within a week, according to the World Health Organization |  Corona Virus

In a bulletin issued this Wednesday (8), the World Health Organization (WHO) said (Who is the) He indicated that Brazil has the fourth highest number of COVID-19 cases in the world The week from May 30 to June 5, with a 36% increase over the previous week.

The country was in the back United StateAnd the China And the Australia (see chart). The fifth highest number was seen in Germany.

Covid: Countries with the highest number of cases between 05/30 and 06/05

Source: World Health Organization

The number of cases registered in Brazil corresponds to 7.15% of the more than 3 million recorded worldwide in this period. Experts point out, however, that There must be underreporting.

“The underreporting has left us in the dark, but we already knew we were up [de casos]. We had positive test growth, which is an indication; Some cities already have 40% more positive in the test”, recalls epidemiologist Ethel Maciel, professor at the Federal University of Espirito Santo (Whew), In an interview with g1 last week.

Brazil was also among the countries with the highest number of deaths in a week.: 652 according to the survey Who is the – just retarded United State and gives China. The Russia and the Italia It was also among the five countries with the highest number of deaths:

Covid: Countries with the highest number of deaths between 05/30 and 06/05

Source: World Health Organization

The number of deaths represents a 21% decrease compared to the previous week – the country appeared among the five cases that recorded the largest number of deaths per week since the beginning of May, in Four previous surveys Give Who is the.

Despite the situations, the Consortium of Press Vehicles Monitoring showed that Last month was the least deadly month in Brazil.

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