(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 10.93 million and more than tightening epidemic prevention measures
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, March 6 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 19:00 on the 6th local time, there were 69609 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 10,938,836 confirmed cases; 1555 new deaths , A total of 264,325 deaths; a total of 9,704,351 cases were cured.
Data map: In Sao Paulo, Brazil, a child wears a mask while cycling in a local park.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Mo Chengxiong
As of the 6th, Brazil has tightened epidemic prevention measures in 17 states and the Federal District of Brasilia, the capital of which 8 states have imposed curfews.
On that day, commercial areas, beaches, parks, shopping centers and other places in many cities in Brazil showed empty scenes.
From the 6th to the 19th, the state of São Paulo will return to the highest level of "red" stage of epidemic prevention. Except for essential service industries such as pharmacies, bakeries, supermarkets, and gas stations, all shops, shopping centers, restaurants, bars and other commercial establishments will be closed. .
Since the beginning of June last year, the epidemic prevention in the State of São Paulo has been divided into five stages of "red, orange, yellow, green, and blue", and the quarantine measures have been relaxed in turn.
Rio de Janeiro entered the second day of a one-week curfew on the 6th. On the same day, the city imposed a fine of 562.42 reais (approximately US$98) on some people who violated the curfew.
In addition, the city will advance the closing time of restaurants and bars from 20 o'clock to 17:00 from the same day, and stipulate that the flow of people must be limited to less than 40%.
As of the 6th, Brazil has an average of more than 1,000 new crown deaths per day for 45 consecutive days, more than 1,100 for 9 consecutive days, and more than 1,200 for 7 consecutive days.
In the past week, Brazil's new crown death toll has exceeded 10,000, setting a record for the number of deaths in a single week since the outbreak.
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 2,107,687 confirmed cases and 61,417 deaths.
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