Covid-19: Brazilian Health Ministry Releases Updated Pandemic Figures (October 24th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – According to the Ministry of Health’s latest report, released yesterday, October 24th, Brazil has 5,380,635 cumulative cases of people infected with the novel coronavirus. In the past 24 hours, there were 26,979 new cases.

According to the Ministry of Health, the disease has already killed 156,903 people – 432 new deaths since Friday, October 23rd.

According to the report, 4,817,898 people (89.5 percent of the recorded cases) have been cured of the disease and 405,834 are under follow-up. The death rate of Covid-19 stands at 2,560 per 100,000 infections.

The Ministry of Health’s report is based on records collected by the State Health Secretariats and submitted to the Ministry for consolidation.

São Paulo

The state of São Paulo recorded a cumulative 38,726 deaths and 1,089,255 confirmed Covid-19 cases on Saturday, October 24th. Among the total of diagnosed cases of the disease, 972,113 people have recovered, and 119,027 were hospitalized and discharged.

The ICU bed occupancy rates stand at 40.2 percent in Greater São Paulo and 39.7 percent in the state. The number of hospitalized patients amounts to 7,165; of these 3,988 are in wards and 3,177 in intensive care units (ICUs), according to data from the State Health Secretariat.

Yesterday, the state’s 645 municipalities recorded at least one infected person, 586 of them with one or more deaths. The list of confirmed cases and deaths per city is available at the State Government’s website.

São Paulo Mortality profile

Among the fatal victims, 22,293 are men and 16,433 women. Deaths are still concentrated in patients aged 60 and over, totaling 76.4 percent of fatalities.

Considering the age groups, mortality is higher among people aged 70 to 79 (9,943), followed by the 60 to 69 age group (9,119) and 80 to 89 years of age (7,939).

Among the age groups with the lowest mortality rates are children under ten (44), between 10 and 19 (69), between 20 and 29 (324), and between 30 and 39 (1,102).

The main risk factors associated with mortality are heart disease (59.8 percent of deaths), diabetes mellitus (43.3 percent), neurological diseases (10.9 percent), kidney disease (9.6 percent), and lung disease (8.3 percent).

Other factors identified are obesity (8.1 percent), immune deficiency (5.5 percent), asthma (3 percent), liver diseases (2.1 percent), hematologic diseases (1.8 percent), Down syndrome (0.5 percent), puerperium (0.1 percent), and pregnancy (0.1 percent). These risk factors were identified in 31,115 people who died of Covid-19 (80.3 percent).

Source: Agência Brasil