COVID-19: Brazil has seen 139,000 deaths, 4.65 mi cases

Of the total infected, 86.4% have recovered

Published on 25/09/2020 - 11:13 By Jonas Valente, Elaine Patrícia - Brasília São Paulo

The number of people who became infected with the novel coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic went up to 4,657,702. In 24 hours, 32,817 new positive diagnoses for COVID-19 were made. The number of recovered patients stands at 4,023,789—86.4 percent of the total of people infected with the new coronavirus. There are also 494,105 patients being monitored.

The figures can be found in the daily report released by the Health Ministry Thursday (Sep. 24) with information sent in by health state secretariats.

The accumulated number of deaths due to the pandemic has reached 139,808, after 831 new deaths were added from Wednesday to Thursday, keeping the average below the daily thousand from the previous weeks. Health authorities are investigated whether 2,422 deaths took place in connection with COVID-19.

São Paulo

The state of São Paulo stands atop the COVID-19 statistics. Confirmed cases are said to total 958,240, with 34,677 deaths. From Wednesday to Thursday, deaths added up to 185 and new cases to 6,267.

Of those diagnosed with the disease in the state, 821,045 have recovered. There are also 9,310 patients hospitalized, 4,017 of whom in a serious state. The bed occupancy rate in intensive care units in São Paulo is 46.7 percent in the state and 45.8 percent in the Great São Paulo area.

Other states

Rio de Janeiro is the second state with the highest death toll from COVID-19: 18,037. Second comes Ceará (8,882), Pernambuco (8,110), and Minas Gerais (6,983). The ones with the least fatal cases are Roraima (635), Acre (653), Amapá (698), Tocantins (901), and Mato Grosso do Sul (1,217).

Translation: Fabrício Ferreira -  Edition: Liliane Farias / Nira Foster

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