RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The Ministry of Health on Wednesday reported more than 60,899 cases of infection with the novel coronavirus, a decline compared to the preceding day (64,025), but the second consecutive day above the 60,000 new confirmed infections in 24 hours.
The total number of confirmed cases in the country since February 26th is now 8,256,536, according to the Ministry of Health’s website.
Fatalities associated with the disease also remain very high, with more than a thousand deaths reported for the second consecutive day. A further 1,274 deaths have been reported, compared to 1,110 the preceding day.
The total number of cumulative deaths due to the SARS-CoV-2 virus stands at 205,964.
Among the total confirmed positive cases, 14,595,139 are considered recovered from the disease, while 1,447,380 remain under medical follow-up.
São Paulo (1,577,119), Minas Gerais (611,152), Santa Catarina (529,289) and Bahia (518,955) are the states with the highest number of infections. On the last day, the states that notified the most cases were São Paulo (15,275), Minas Gerais (8,319), Rio Grande do Sul (5,223), Rio de Janeiro (4,287), Santa Catarina (3,365) and Ceará (3,179).
Also according to the Ministry’s website, the incidence rate is now of 98 deaths and 3,929 cases per 100,000 inhabitants.
Brazil is the country in the world with the second-most deaths, behind only the United States (more than 380,000 deaths), and third in the world with the most infections, behind the United States (more than 22.8 million cases) and India (over 10.5 million cases).