(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The total number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 6.53 million, and classes in Rio are suspended again

　　China News Agency, Sao Paulo, December 4 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 18:35 local time on the 4th, showing that there were 46,884 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 6,533,968 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 694 cases, with a total of 175964 deaths; a total of 5,744,369 cases were cured.

　　Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcello Crivella (Marcello Crivella) announced on the 4th that all public schools in the city have suspended classes again from the 7th and returned to the previous online teaching status due to the repeated increase in the recent epidemic.

He also said that in order to avoid overcrowding in the mall with people shopping before the new year, the city allows major shopping malls to be open 24 hours before the end of this year.

He once again urged people not to underestimate the use of masks, and pay attention to maintaining social distancing and forming good habit of washing hands frequently.

　　The municipal government of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais State, also announced on the same day that the city will ban the consumption of alcoholic beverages in bars, restaurants, snack bars and other dining venues from the 7th.

This is to reduce the movement of people, increase social distance and curb the risk of new crown infection.

　　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, behind the United States.

São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has a total of 1,276,149 confirmed cases and 42,788 deaths.

In addition, the states of Minas Gerais, Bahia, Santa Catarina and Rio de Janeiro have accumulated more than 433,000, 416,000, 389,000 and 367,000 cases respectively.

The Federal District where the capital Brasilia is located has also accumulated more than 232,000 cases.

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