(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Over 50,000 newly confirmed cases in Brazil in a single day, a total of over 10.08 million confirmed cases
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, February 19 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 19:20 local time on the 19th, showing that there were 51050 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 10081676 confirmed cases; new deaths 1308 cases, a total of 244,765 deaths; a total of 9029159 cases were cured.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on the 19th that the Brazilian government has decided to change the current method of vaccination for the new crown vaccine. From now on, the new crown vaccine obtained by the Brazilian Ministry of Health will be directly vaccinated for people, instead of retaining half of the dose as the second dose. The reason is that the vaccine The arrival in Brazil will accelerate, and the second dose will only need to wait for the next batch of vaccine to arrive.
The Brazilian Ministry of Health plans to distribute another 4.7 million doses of vaccine to the states next week, all of which will be used as the first dose.
Data map: Brazil under the epidemic.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
As of the 19th, the number of people receiving the first dose of the vaccine in Brazil has reached 5,756,502, accounting for 2.72% of the country's total population.
Among them, the number of people who received the second dose of vaccine was 10,51,406, accounting for 0.5% of the country's total population.
Bahia State has implemented a curfew throughout the state from the 19th. The curfew period is from 22:00 to 5:00 the next day. All commercial and service facilities must be closed at 21:30 every day; shopping malls, bars, restaurants and refueling All stations are closed at 22:00; public transportation stops operating at 22:30.
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 is second in the world, behind the United States.
São Paulo State, the most severely affected state, has a total of 1,960,564 confirmed cases and 57,499 deaths.
In addition, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Minas Gerais, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro states exceeded 827,000, 647,000 and 569,000 respectively.
The Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, has accumulated more than 288,000 confirmed cases.
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