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Covid-19: Brazil registers 215 deaths and 12.9 thousand new cases
Government has distributed more than 372 million doses of vaccines
Published on 02/12/2021 - 21:04 By Agência Brasil - Brasília
The epidemiological bulletin released by the Ministry of Health tonight (2) shows that Brazil registered, in 24 hours, 215 new deaths as a result of covid-19. With that, the country reached 615,179 deaths during the pandemic.
The survey shows that 12,910 new cases of the disease were registered in the disease monitoring system. In total, the country has so far registered 22,118,782 cases of infection by the new coronavirus. The newsletter also brings data on deaths due to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SRAG), which total 144 cases, while another 2,862 deaths are under investigation by health agencies.
The country has 152,098 active covid-19 cases under monitoring. The number refers to diagnosed cases that are under medical supervision or in isolation.
The number of recovered is 21,351,505 cases, which corresponds to 96.5% of the total infected.
States
The ranking of deaths by state remains unchanged. São Paulo leads with 154,213 deaths; Rio de Janeiro in second place, with 69,102; Minas Gerais is in third, with 56,266; Paraná in fourth, with 40,803, and Rio Grande do Sul accounts for 36,165 deaths by covid-19.
The states that registered the fewest deaths by covid-19 were Acre (1,849), Amapá (2,04) and Roraima (2,054).
Vaccination
The Ministry of Health's vaccination panel records, at the time of reporting, 372,577,092 vaccine doses distributed throughout the country. The numbers refer to December 1st. The tool informs that of these, 312,814,788 doses were applied, with 159.19 million referring to the first dose and 139.52 referring to the second dose or single dose.
According to the folder, 13,512,680 booster doses have already immunized Brazilians. Brazil has 18,800 ICU beds authorized for the treatment of covid-19 and SRAG. The ministry also registers that the federal government has already invested around R$ 208.1 billion in vaccines.
Text translated using artificial intelligence.
Edition: Pedro Ivo de Oliveira