Brazil adds 1,454 new Covid deaths and exceeds 470,000 in total (June 4)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil, one of the countries hardest hit by the pandemic globally, added in the last 24 hours 37,936 infections by the coronavirus and 1,454 deaths, bringing the total to more than 470,000, according to the Ministry of Health on Friday.

According to data from the Ministry, Brazil has accumulated, since the confirmation of the first case of the disease in February 2020, a total of 470,842 deaths and 16,841,408 infected.

In one week, the country recorded 11,797 deaths, representing a daily average of 1,685 deaths, and keeps Brazil as the country with the second-highest number of deaths due to covid-19, behind only the United States.

Brazil recorded 449,478 new infections in the last seven days, an average of 64,211 cases per day, confirming it as the country with the third-highest number of confirmed infections, after the United States and India.

The mortality rate for the coronavirus was 224 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants, while the incidence was 8,014 people infected in the same proportion.

Although the moving average of cases and deaths shows certain stability, the medical and scientific community has warned about the imminent arrival of a third wave of the pandemic in the coming weeks, at a time when the country is experiencing a greater relaxation of the restriction measures by the states and municipalities.

The Ministry also reported that more than 15.2 million of those infected are already fully recovered from the disease in Brazil, while 1.13 million patients remain under medical care.

According to official figures, 45.5 million people have received the first dose of the anticovid vaccine and 20.8 million the second dose in this country with some 212 million inhabitants.

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