(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 2.75 million, and another cabinet minister is infected with the new coronavirus
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, August 3 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:50 on the 3rd, local time, 16,641 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were confirmed in Brazil that day, and a total of 2,750,318 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 561 cases and 94665 deaths in total; 1912319 cases were cured. On the same day, another minister of the Brazilian government diagnosed new coronary pneumonia.
As of now, Brazil has the second largest number of confirmed cases and deaths in the world, second only to the United States. São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has accumulated more than 560,000 confirmed cases; more than 23,000 deaths. In addition, more than 170,000 cases were diagnosed in Ceara and Bahia states, and more than 160,000 and 150,000 cases were confirmed in Rio de Janeiro and Pará states, respectively. The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has also confirmed more than 110,000 cases.
On the 3rd, Braga Neto, director of the Civil Affairs Office of the Presidential Palace of Brazil, was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia. He became the seventh minister in the cabinet of the current Brazilian government to be infected with the new crown virus. The Brazilian Presidential Palace stated that Neto is an asymptomatic patient. He is currently in good physical condition and is working in isolation at home.
The governor of Sao Paulo State Joao Doria said on the same day that the number of new coronary pneumonia hospitalized patients and deaths in Sao Paulo State had dropped last week. Between July 26 and August 1, the number of hospitalized patients decreased by 2.5% compared with the previous week, and the number of new deaths decreased by 8% compared with the previous week. These two indicators in São Paulo state have been on a downward trend for two consecutive weeks.
Michael Ryan, executive director of the World Health Organization's Health Emergency Program, said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Brazil is still "very worrying." He pointed out that in countries such as Brazil, where the epidemic is severe, the most effective way to alleviate the epidemic is for the government and the community to work together to curb the spread of the virus in the community. The government must play a role to detect and isolate confirmed patients as soon as possible, trace close contacts, and cut off Transmission chain. (Finish)