(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Brazil has more than 77,000 newly confirmed cases in a single day and the epidemic has rebounded in many places
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, July 6 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 6th local time, there were 77,166 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, with a total of 32,687,680 confirmed cases; 361 new deaths were added. There were 672,790 deaths; a total of 31,077,538 cases were cured.
At present, the epidemic situation in many places in Brazil is showing a rebound and upward trend.
According to the statistics released by the Brazilian state health departments, in the past 7 days, there were 57,399 new confirmed cases per day in Brazil, an increase of 24% from the data two weeks ago; 234 new deaths per day on average, the number since March 28 this year The highest on record, an increase of 53% from the data two weeks ago.
Among Brazil's 26 states and one federal district, 17 states, including São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais and Ceará, are on the rise, with deaths in Bahia, Pernambuco, Amazonas Deaths in eight states including the state are at a stable stage, and only Pará and the Federal District, where the capital Brasilia is located, are on a downward trend.
The Health Bureau of Sao Paulo, the capital of Sao Paulo state, sent a letter to the Brazilian Ministry of Health on the 6th, requesting that people over the age of 35 be included in the fourth dose of the new crown vaccination plan. It is estimated that the number of people vaccinated in the city is about 1 million.
Previously, the Brazilian Ministry of Health has approved the fourth dose of the new crown vaccine for people over 40 years old in the country.
According to Brazilian media statistics, as of 20:00 on the 6th, 179.2 million people in Brazil have been vaccinated with the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 83.43% of the total population; 167.8 million people have completed the whole course of vaccination, accounting for 78.13% of the total population.
In addition, more than 96.32 million people in Brazil received the third booster dose, accounting for 44.84% of the total population.
As of now, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil ranks third in the world, after the United States and India; and the cumulative number of deaths ranks second in the world, after the United States.
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