(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) A total of nearly 5.3 million confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil have been confirmed by the Minister of Health

　　China News Agency, Sao Paulo, October 22 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 20:00 local time on the 21st, showing that there were 24,818 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 5,298,772 confirmed cases; 566 new deaths , A total of 155,403 cases died; a total of 4,756,489 cases were cured.

On October 15, local time, at the Temporary Field Hospital in Brasilia, Brazil, 63-year-old Helena Elvira was discharged after receiving treatment.

　　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, behind the United States.

São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has a total of 1,073,261 confirmed cases and 38,371 deaths.

In addition, the state of Minas Gerais and Bahia states have confirmed more than 340,000 and 339,000 cases respectively, and the state of Rio de Janeiro and Ceará has confirmed more than 293,000 cases and 266,000 cases respectively.

The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has accumulated more than 207,000 confirmed cases.

　　The Press Office of the Ministry of Health of Brazil announced on the 21st that Eduardo Pazuello, Minister of Health of Brazil, was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.

He is currently under quarantine in a hotel in the capital Brasilia and has symptoms such as low-grade fever and physical discomfort.

Pazoero became the 12th minister in the cabinet of the Brazilian Federal Government to be diagnosed with COVID-19.

Previously, the Minister of Security of the Brazilian Government, the Minister of Minerals and Energy, the Minister of Education, the Minister of Civil and Social Action, the Minister of Science and Technology and Innovation, the Minister of Private Affairs of the Presidential Office, the Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, and the Minister of Tourism have been diagnosed with new crown pneumonia.

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