Covid-19: Rio de Janeiro Tops São Paulo in Hospitalizations for First Time
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Over three days, December 18th, 19th and 20th, the D’Or Hospital network, the largest in Brazil, recorded more hospitalizations for Covid-19 in Rio de Janeiro than in São Paulo.
It is the first time that this has happened in the pandemic. São Paulo has a population of 12.3 million, while Rio has a little over half of this: 6.3 million inhabitants.
On December 18th, Rio registered 586 hospitalizations, while São Paulo counted 588. On December 19th, there were 567 hospitalizations in Rio against 522 in São Paulo. December 20th ended with 566 patients hospitalized in Rio de Janeiro compared to 518 in São Paulo.
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