Brazil accumulates 432,628 deaths and 15.5 million Covid infections (May 14)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil registered in the last 24 hours 2,211 new deaths and 85,536 contagions by Covid-19, the highest number of confirmed cases of the virus this week, informed this Friday the Ministry of Health.

According to the most recent bulletin of the portfolio, the country already has 432,628 deaths due to the coronavirus. In contrast, 15,519,525 million people have been infected since the first case was reported on February 26, 2020.

Figures for the last few weeks show that deaths have been falling slowly, but infections have been rising again. In the last week, the 7-day average number of deaths fell from 2,190 on May 7 to 1,931 on Friday, while the average number of infections rose from 60,491 to 62,439 in the same period.

According to the Ministry of Health, of the 15.5 million infected, 90.4 % of the total have already recovered and have been discharged, while one million remain under medical care, equivalent to 6.8%.

Data released on Friday show that Covid-19 has a mortality rate in Brazil of 205.9 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, an incidence of 7,385.1 infections per 100,000 inhabitants, and a fatality rate of 2.8% of those infected.

The figures confirm Brazil as the second country globally in number of victims, behind the United States, and the third in number of cases, only surpassed by the USA and India.

According to experts, the situation may remain at a high plateau until a significant percentage of people in the country is vaccinated. In addition, the lack of supplies is once again threatening the continuity of vaccination in Brazil.

The Butantan Institute, which has delivered 60% of the immunizers for the vaccination campaign in the country, suspended this Friday the production of the vaccine developed by the Chinese laboratory Sinovac due to lack of raw material, which is produced in China

On the other hand, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), which has delivered almost 40% of the immunizers, confirmed that next May 22nd, a new batch of supplies would arrive from China for the production of the AstraZeneca vaccines and another shipment on the 29th of this same month, which would ensure the vaccines at least until the third week of June.

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