RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Amazonas state has not recorded any deaths from Covid-19 on Tuesday, 6, according to data released by the local government.
It is the first time this has occurred in 16 months of the pandemic. In the period, the state has seen severe crises, such as the oxygen shortage scenario in January, with high mortality statistics.
The data for deaths caused by the disease have been falling since the end of February, after the record peak. The beginning of the year was the peak period for the disease in the region. On January 30, for example, 225 deaths were recorded in the state from Covid-19. The average, at its highest point, reached 149 deaths per day on February 4.
Starting in mid-February, records began to drop consecutively until the point this Tuesday. “This news fills us with hope. We will continue working to advance further vaccination, the surest way out of this pandemic, and we cannot neglect prevention protocols,” Governor Wilson Lima (PSC) said in a statement.
On Tuesday, the state registered the diagnosis of 719 new cases of Covid-19, which brought the total to 405,066 positive tests. Another 44,100 people with positive diagnoses continue to be monitored. The total number of deaths remained unchanged at 13,349 victims.