Covid-19: Brazil Records 162,000 Deaths and 5.67 Million Cumulative Cases (November 9th)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Deaths caused by the novel coronavirus pandemic now stand at 162,628. In the past 24 hours, 231 deaths were recorded. There are still 2,295 deaths under investigation, data referring to November 4th.

The data are included in the Ministry of Health’s daily update, released on Monday, November 9th. The update is conducted based on the information of deaths and cases reported by the state Health Secretariats.

The number of people infected with the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic now stands at 5,675,032. Between Sunday and Monday, 10,917 new positive diagnoses for the disease were notified by the state health authorities.

The report has not added any new cases under follow-up to the list, with 364,575 since November 4th. The same applies to people who have recovered from the disease, totaling 5,064,344. The Ministry of Health stated that the challenge in the updates was caused by the collapse of its internal systems last week, which has been causing some complications in the systematization of data.

Covid-19 in the states

The states with the highest number of deaths – data from November 5th – are São Paulo (39,717), Rio de Janeiro (20,905), Ceará (9,404), Minas Gerais (9,204), and Pernambuco (8,740).

The states with the least number of deaths are Roraima (695), Acre (701), Amapá (764), Tocantins (1,114), and Rondônia (1,478).

Source: Agência Brasil

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