(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 19.93 million São Paulo State relaxes epidemic prevention measures
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, August 1 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) The Brazilian Ministry of Health released data at 18:50 on August 1, local time, showing that there were 20,503 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 19,938,358 confirmed new cases; There were 464 deaths and a total of 556,834 deaths; a total of 18,645,993 cases were cured.
In view of the current relief of the new crown epidemic and the acceleration of the new crown vaccination, the state of São Paulo has once again relaxed the epidemic prevention measures from August 1 to August 17, allowing commercial establishments such as shops, shopping centers, restaurants, gyms, and barber shops to be available every day Open from 6 am to 24:00, which is one hour longer than the original business hours. The number of customers received has been relaxed from 60% to 80% of the original capacity; the park is allowed to resume normal opening, and the number of people in the park is no longer restricted.
At the same time, the statewide curfew from 23:00 to 5:00 the next day will be lifted.
However, public events including nightclubs, concerts, and sports competitions are still prohibited.
In addition, the State of São Paulo plans to complete the first dose of vaccination for all adults 18 years and older across the state by August 16 this year.
Starting on August 18, the state will begin vaccinating young people aged 12 to 17.
The mainstream Brazilian media, based on the data released by the state health departments, concluded that in the week ending August 1, there were 35645 new confirmed cases in Brazil every day, a decrease of 12% from the data two weeks ago; the average number of new deaths per day There were 984 cases, a decrease of 20% from the data two weeks ago, and the number was lower than 1,000 for two consecutive days, setting the lowest record for the same period since January 20 this year.
At present, all parts of Brazil are accelerating the progress of new crown vaccination.
As of 20:00 on August 1, 100,871,923 people in Brazil have received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 47.64% of the total population; 41,486,498 people have completed two doses of the vaccine, or received only one dose of the new crown vaccine Vaccines, these fully vaccinated people accounted for 19.59% of the total population.
As of now, Brazil ranks third in the world in the number of cumulative confirmed cases, second only to the United States and India; while the cumulative number of deaths in Brazil ranks second in the world, behind the United States.
The state of Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, has a total of 4,061,741 confirmed cases and 1,39,039 deaths, ranking first in the country.
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