Brazil registers 1,639 deaths and 53,725 new cases of Covid-19 (July 8)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil reported 1,639 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in the country to 530,179, the Health Ministry said.

There were also 53,725 new coronavirus cases, with the total number of infections in the country advancing to 18,962,762, the folder added.

The local rates of the pandemic, however, are currently showing signs of improvement. Bulletin published on Thursday by the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) indicated that in the period between June 20 and July 3, for the first time in the year, there was no increase in incidence or mortality rates in any state.

“It is still not possible to affirm that this trend is sustained, that is, that it will be maintained throughout the coming weeks, or if we are experiencing a period of fluctuations around a high level of transmission, which has been established since March throughout the country,” the entity’s researchers pondered.

The Brazilian state most affected by Covid-19 in absolute terms, São Paulo, reached on Thursday the marks of 3,838,564 cases and 131,478 deaths.

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