(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of deaths from new coronary pneumonia in Brazil exceeds 100,000. Congress and the Supreme Court announce three days of mourning
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, August 8 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 18:30 local time on the 8th, showing that there were 49,970 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 3012412 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 905 cases, with a total of 100,477 deaths; a total of 2094293 cases were cured. On the same day, the Brazilian Congress and the Federal Supreme Court announced three days of mourning for the dead.
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 a total of more than 621,000 confirmed cases; more than 25,000 deaths. In addition, Bahia and Ceara states have confirmed more than 191,000 and 188,000 cases respectively, Rio de Janeiro state has confirmed more than 178,000 cases, and Para state has confirmed more than 167,000 cases. The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has also confirmed more than 121,000 cases.
On July 3, local time, people in Sao Paulo, Brazil were shopping in a local supermarket. Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
On March 12 this year, Brazil's first death from new coronary pneumonia occurred. The deceased was a 57-year-old woman in São Paulo State. After that, the Brazilian epidemic spread rapidly, and within 5 months, the number of deaths exceeded 100,000. Brazil became the second country in the world to have more than 100,000 deaths from new coronary pneumonia after the United States.
On the 8th, the Brazilian National Congress and the Federal Supreme Court announced that they would mourn the deaths of Brazil’s new crown pneumonia epidemic for three days from now. Speaker of the House of Representatives of Brazil Maya, Speaker of the Senate Alcolumbre and President of Brazil’s Supreme Court of the Supreme Court of Brazil all tweeted that day, expressing condolences to all the deceased from COVID-19 in Brazil and condolences to the families and relatives of the deceased.
On the same day, on the famous Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, people were filled with crosses, and red balloons were tied to each cross to commemorate the deaths of Brazil's people who died of COVID-19. (Finish)