Covid-19: Amid protests, Brazil records 2,012 deaths; total surpasses 460,000 (May 29)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil recorded 2,012 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours and exceeded a total of 460,000 deaths, on a day of massive marches against the government of Jair Bolsonaro, which took place Saturday throughout the country, despite warnings of the arrival of a possible third wave of the pandemic.

According to the bulletin released today by the Ministry of Health, the country already has 461,057 deaths. At the same time, the number of infections rose to 16,471,600, after counting 79,670 new cases on the day.

With its more than 212 million inhabitants, Brazil is the country in the world with the second-most deaths due to Covid-19, after the United States, and the third in number of infections, after the USA and India.

Figures released by the ministry claim that 14,869,696 patients with Covid-19 have fully recovered, representing 90.3% of the total number of infected patients. Another 1,140,847 patients are under medical follow-up in hospitals or their homes after testing positive in clinical tests.

MASSIVE PROTESTS AGAINST BOLSONARO

Called by trade union centers, leftist parties, and social movements, the protests took place peacefully in more than 200 cities throughout the country.

The marches started early in cities such as Brasília, Rio de Janeiro, Belém, and Recife. In the afternoon, demonstrations were held in other cities such as Curitiba, Manaus, Fortaleza, and Sao Paulo, Brazil’s most populous city, where the country’s largest march took place.

Despite the care taken by the demonstrators, crowds were recorded, mainly in the large cities where the marches were massive.

Saturday’s protests were held at a time when at least 10 of the 27 capital cities have occupancy rates in their UCIs above 90%, according to official data.

Concern among experts has increased in recent days after new cases of the Indian variant were detected in several regions of the country.

In an attempt to curb contagions, the government has banned the entry of crew members arriving on ships from India, but also from England or South Africa, the other nations where contagious strains of the virus have developed.

Until Friday, crew members from these countries only had to present a negative Covid-19 test to enter the country.

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