(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 6.29 million confirmed by the Minister of Infrastructure

  China News Agency, Sao Paulo, November 28 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 18:30 on the 28th local time, there were 51,922 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 6,200,272 confirmed cases; new deaths 587 cases, a total of 172,561 deaths; a total of 5562539 cases were cured.

  As of now, 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 1238094 confirmed cases and 42048 deaths.

In addition, the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Santa Catarina, and Rio de Janeiro have accumulated more than 412,000, 398,000, 355,000 and 352,000 cases, respectively.

The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has accumulated more than 228,000 confirmed cases.

  The Brazilian Ministry of Infrastructure reported on the evening of the 27th that the minister, Tarcisio de Freitas, was diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia.

Freitas has an asymptomatic infection and is currently in good physical condition. He is quarantining at home and working remotely.

So far, 14 of the 23 cabinet ministers of the Brazilian government have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

  A report issued by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 27th showed that since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has allocated 178.33 billion reais (1 U.S. dollar or 5.34 reais) to state and municipal governments to fund local public health. action.

Among them, 44.17 billion reais are specifically used to combat new coronary pneumonia.

In addition, more than 24.4 million anti-epidemic items and more than 16 million doses of virus detection reagents have been allocated to various regions.

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