(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 5 million confirmed by the governor of Ceara
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, October 7 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:30 on the 7th local time, 31,553 new cases of new coronary pneumonia were newly diagnosed in Brazil that day, and the cumulative number of confirmed cases exceeded 5 million, reaching 5000694 There were 734 new deaths and a total of 148,228 deaths; a total of 4391424 cases were cured.
On the same day, the governor of the Brazilian state of Ceara was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
At present, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil is still ranked third in the world, after the United States and India, while the cumulative number of deaths is ranked second in the world after the United States.
São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has a total of 1,016,755 confirmed cases and 36,669 deaths.
In addition, Bahia, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro states have confirmed more than 319,000 cases, 313,000 cases, and 277,000 cases, respectively. The states of Ceara, Para, Santa Catarina, Goya The cumulative number of confirmed cases in both the states of Spain and Rio Grande do Sul exceeds 200,000.
The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has more than 197,000 confirmed cases.
The governor of Ceara State, Camilo Santana, announced on social media on the 7th that he had been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia and currently has mild symptoms and is being treated in isolation at home.
Santana said his wife was also diagnosed on the 6th.
Santana became the 15th state (district) head of Brazil's 26 states and a federal district to be diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
Previously, 14 state (district) governors, including the governor of São Paulo State, the governor of Rio de Janeiro and the governor of the Federal District of Brasilia, had been diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.
On the same day, nearly 200 days after the suspension of classes due to the epidemic, some schools in São Paulo state began to resume classes, and a larger-scale resumption of classes in the state may be implemented in November.
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