Covid-19 Has Caused 126,000 Deaths in Brazil (September 5th)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Another 682 people died because of Covid-19 in Brazil in the past 24 hours, according to records released on Saturday, September 5th. This brings the total number of deaths to 126,203 since March 27th.
The mortality rate is of 59.7 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. In total, lethality (deaths per 100,000 cases) stands at 3.1 percent, according to information from the Ministry of Health.
According to the update, 30.1 thousand new cases of the disease were recorded. The report totals 4.123 million infections by the novel coronavirus – an incidence of 1,962 cases per 100 thousand inhabitants. According to the Ministry, 3.296 million people have recovered – 80 percent of cases.
The Southeast Region registers a total of 1,420,218 cases, followed by the Northeast Region, with 1,420,218 cases. The North Region counts 554,211 cases. In the Midwest there are 461,836 cases. And 463,593 in the South.
The state of São Paulo, the most populated and with the highest number of infections, recorded yesterday a further 115,100 cases, totaling 853,000 since the start of the pandemic. In this period, 31,313 deaths were recorded in the state.
Source: Agência Brasil
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