With New Daily Record, Brazil Approaches 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths (April 9th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The number of deaths from the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) totaled 941, according to an update released by the Ministry of Health yesterday, April 9th. The result marks an increase of 17 percent in relation to Wednesday when 800 deaths were recorded.

São Paulo concentrates the largest number of deaths, with more than half the total (495). The state is followed by Rio de Janeiro (122), Pernambuco (56), Ceará (55) and Amazonas (40).

In addition, deaths were recorded in Paraná (22), Bahia (19), Santa Catarina (17), Minas Gerais (15), Distrito Federal (13), Maranhão (12), Rio Grande do Sul (12), and Rio Grande do Norte (11), Goiás (seven), Pará (seven), Paraíba (seven), Espírito Santo (six), Piauí (six), Sergipe (four), Alagoas (three), Mato Grosso do Sul (two), Amapá (two), Acre (two), Mato Grosso (two), Rondônia (two) and Roraima (one).

The total number of confirmed cases rose to 17,857. The number represents an increase of 12 percent in relation to yesterday when the Ministry of Health recorded 15,927.

The government updates the data at a daily press conference in the Planalto Palace.

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