According to an investigation report recently released by the Brazilian authoritative medical research institution Osvaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), due to the intensification of the epidemic at the beginning of the year, during the three epidemic prevention and control weeks from January 31 to February 20, The proportion of exclusive beds for patients with new coronary pneumonia in intensive care units in the capitals of 17 states across the country exceeded 80%.
According to the data, the state capitals with the highest rate of bed occupancy are Porto Velho, the capital of Rondônia in the northwest (100%), and Florianópolis, the capital of Santa Catarina in the south (96.2%). Manaus, the capital of the northern Amazonian state, (94.6%), Fortaleza, the capital of the state of Ceara in the northeast, (94.4%), Goiânia (94.4%), the capital of the state of Goiás in the midwest, and Pio in the northeast Teresina, the capital of Iraq (93%).
The investigation report also pointed out that the medical system of the country's 12 states and the federal district where the capital is located is in an emergency alert state.
It is reported that in February this year, Brazil has an average of 46,000 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia every day, which is higher than the level of the peak of the epidemic in the middle of last year.
At the same time, the daily average number of new deaths exceeds 1,000, reaching 1,020.
The report emphasizes that at present, no state in Brazil has confirmed and died cases on a downward trend, and the incidence of severe acute respiratory syndrome in all states is at an extremely high level.
(Headquarters reporter Xie Haitian)