Brazil surpasses 496,000 deaths, closing in on half a million victims (June 17)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil registered 2,311 deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours and surpassed 496,000 deaths, while the number of infections exceeded 17.7 million.

Brazil is one of the countries hardest hit by the coronavirus with 496,004 lethal victims since the beginning of the pandemic, in February last year, according to the most recent bulletin of the National Council of Health Secretariats (Conass), which brings together the regional secretariats of the 27 states of the country.

In the last day alone, 74,042 new infections were reported, bringing the total number of positive cases in Brazil to 17,702,630.

The data indicate that the average number of deaths in the last week fell from 2,025 per day on Wednesday to 1,998 this Thursday and that the average number of infections exceeds 70,000 cases per day.

In the last month, the pandemic has shown a sign of slowing down in Brazil, but infections remain at high levels and 21 of the country’s 27 states have an occupancy rate in Intensive Care Units equal to or higher than 80%, according to the state-run Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz).

According to official information, as of today, 57.6 million people in Brazil have received the first dose of the vaccine and 23.8 million the second, which means that 11% of the 212 million inhabitants of the country have received the full course of any of the distributed immunizers.

According to the Ministry, one of the most advanced parts of the population in vaccination is the indigenous population, 72% of which has already been immunized with the 2 required doses.

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