China News Agency, Sao Paulo, September 10 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:30 local time on the 10th, there were 40,557 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 4,238,446 confirmed cases; 983 new deaths Of the total number of cases, 129,522 died; 3,497,337 were cured.
So far, Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of cumulative confirmed cases, after the United States and India, while the cumulative number of deaths ranks second in the world after the United States.
São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has a total of 874,754 confirmed cases and 32,104 deaths.
In addition, the state of Bahia has confirmed more than 277,000 cases, and the state of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Ceara, and Para have all confirmed more than 200,000 cases.
The Federal District where the capital Brasilia is located has also accumulated more than 173,000 cases.
Data map: A woman with her daughter set up a street stall selling jewelry on the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
The Rio de Janeiro city government announced on the 10th that affected by the epidemic, the city has recently decided to cancel the firework show that was originally scheduled to be held on the Copacabana beach in 2021 when the New Year comes, and it will be celebrated in the form of an online New Year concert. Social groups interested in hosting New Year’s concerts can recommend their event design plans to the city government within two weeks.
The Rio Municipal Government also stated that it does not rule out elements of light shows and fireworks displays in the New Year's Eve celebrations at the end of the year, but no audience can participate in the scene.
The city's New Year's Eve fireworks display celebration on the last day of 2019 attracted 2.9 million people.
According to Brazilian media reports on the 10th, data from the Epidemic Control Center of Imperial College London showed that since September 6, the infection rate of the new coronavirus in Brazil has risen to 1 again, compared with 0.94 in the previous week, which means that the virus is in Brazil is still spreading at a certain speed, and Brazil’s current measures to control the epidemic and social isolation cannot be relaxed.
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