(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 10.86 million, Rio de Janeiro imposes a curfew

　　China News Agency, Sao Paulo, March 5 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 19:30 on the 5th local time, there were 75,495 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 10,869,227 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 1,800 cases, and a total of 262,770 deaths; a total of 9,671,410 cases were cured.

On December 21, 2020, local time, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, citizens wear masks in a local park to relax and exercise.

　　Rio de Janeiro, a famous coastal tourist city in Brazil, implemented a one-week curfew from the 5th, stipulating that people are prohibited from staying in streets and public places for a long time from 21:00 to 5:00 the next day.

During this period, the city's shopping malls, restaurants, bars and other places can be open from 6 am to 20 am every day, but the flow of people must be limited to less than 40%.

　　São Paulo State is the most severely affected state in Brazil.

The state added 13,072 confirmed cases on the 5th, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 2093924; there were 370 new deaths and the total number of deaths reached 61064.

The state’s intensive care bed occupancy rate reached 78.5% that day, surpassing the previous record of 77.4% during the severe epidemic.

Sao Paulo Governor Joao Doria announced on the same day that the state plans to build another shelter hospital in Sao Paulo.

　　In order to curb the spread of the new round of the new crown epidemic, all areas in São Paulo state will return to the highest level of epidemic prevention "red" stage from 0:00 on the 6th to the 19th, except for essential service industries such as pharmacies, bakeries, supermarkets, and gas stations. All shops, shopping centers, restaurants and bars and other commercial establishments are closed.

　　The data shows that in the past 7 days, Brazil has an average of 59,150 new diagnoses per day, a record high since the outbreak, an increase of 27% compared to the previous week; and in the past 7 days, Brazil has an average of 1,423 people die of new coronary pneumonia every day. It also set a record since the outbreak, an increase of 35% over the previous week.

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