Brazil’s total case load stands at 10,551,259, and deaths add up to 254,942, as per data from the Ministry of Health.
However, the average unemployment rate for last year was 13.5 percent—the highest since 2012—which accounts for some 13.4 million people looking for a job in the country.
The total amount of patients infected with coronavirus has reached 10,390,461. From Wednesday to Thursday, 65,998 new cases of the disease were confirmed.
“Our indebtedness capacity is at its limit, I believe. And here’s another four months. We’ll see whether the economy will be back on track for good now,” Bolsonaro declared
“Empirical evidence shows that countries that have a more autonomous Central Bank have lower inflation—not just lower inflation, but also a lower inflation variable; inflation fluctuates less,” said Central Bank President Roberto Campos Neto.
Atop the list of Brazilian states with the highest death tolls stands São Paulo (58,528), followed by Rio de Janeiro (32,574), Minas Gerais (17,974), Rio Grande do Sul (12,029), and Paraná (11,358).