Covid-19: Brazil Counts 164,000 Deaths and 5.78 Million Cumulative Cases (November 12th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Fatalities as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic have reached 164,281. In the past 24 hours, 908 deaths have been recorded. There are a further 2,295 deaths under investigation, a figure that dates back to November 4th and has not been updated due to technical issues in the Ministry of Health’s system.

The number of infections with the coronavirus during the pandemic has reached 5,781,582. Between Wednesday and Thursday, health authorities notified 33,207 new positive Covid-19 diagnoses.

The data are available in the Ministry of Health’s daily update on the development of the pandemic in Brazil. The information is organized and confirmed by the state Health Secretariats.

The update also pointed to 360,534 patients in follow-up. A further 5,256,767 have already recovered from the disease.

Covid-19 in the states

The states with the highest number of deaths are São Paulo (40,202), Rio de Janeiro (21,090), Ceará (9,430), Minas Gerais (9,259), and Pernambuco (8,794).

The states with fewest cases are Roraima (705), Acre (707), Amapá (771), Tocantins (1,125), and Rondônia (1,492).

Source: Agência Brasil

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