With 2,815 victims in the last 24 hours, the total number of deaths from diseases attributable to the new coronavirus infection in Brazil reaches 290,314. This was reported by the Ministry of Health. Brazil records over 15,000 deaths in a week for the first time since the pandemic began. The country is also the one where in the last two weeks there has been the highest number of deaths in absolute terms. Brazil, which accounts for less than 3 percent of the world population, is responsible for 22 percent of the overall deaths from Covid-19 in the world and 16 percent of all new infections.
The country also recorded the highest daily average of deaths since the start of the pandemic with 2,178 deaths per day in the past week, 50 percent more than the average of the last two. This is the twenty-first consecutive day of record, which indicates a clear trend of stable increase in mortality from Covid. The daily average of deaths from Covid-19 in the country is almost double compared to that recorded a month ago (1,353). According to the projections of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (Ihme) of the University of Washington, the curve of infections, deaths and occupancy of beds in intensive care is in an ascending phase and according to scientists, according to scientists, it is likely to reach a new peak between April and May, reaching nearly 500,000 casualties in June.
As for the infections, adding the data provided by the health departments of the 27 states, the budget rose to at least 11,871,390 cases, 90,570 more than those recorded in the previous 24 hours. The daily average of new infections also reached a further all-time high in the last seven days, reaching 72,670 daily infections, 18 percent more than in the previous two weeks. In Brazil, the incidence rate, which has been growing steadily since the beginning of the pandemic, has grown further reaching 5,649 infections per 100 thousand inhabitants. The mortality rate (number of dead people out of the total population), also progressively increasing since March, has risen further to 138 per hundred thousand inhabitants, while the lethality rate (number of deaths for which it was diagnosed Covid) is 2.4 percent.
Due to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic, the German car company Volkswagen has announced that it will suspend vehicle production in Brazil. The measure will apply between March 24 and April 4 to all of the company’s plants in the country.
Covid: another 1,650 deaths and 62,787 cases in the US
The United States has another 1,650 coronavirus-related deaths, for a total of 540,970 deaths since the outbreak began. There are 62,787 new infections, for a total of 29,725,919, according to the Johns Hopkins University report.
Usa: Covid outbreak, part of the Trump Mar-a-Lago club closed
The Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida, where former US president Donald Trump resides, has been partially closed due to a Covid outbreak among employees. Mar-a-Lago, where Trump moved after his presidential defeat last November, closed the Beach Club and the a la carte dining room after an unknown number of employees tested positive. Banquet and event services remain open. “As some of our staff members recently tested positive for Covid, we will temporarily suspend the service at the Beach Club and in the a la carte dining room. It is a precautionary measure and we will notify you when services resume”, reads the note sent to guests. The staff assured that “all the appropriate response measures have already been taken in compliance with the guidelines of the Cdc (Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), including the activation of a thorough disinfestation of the affected areas. and of all the structures “. Trump, his wife Melania Trump and son Barron have lived in the mansion since they moved from the White House in January, the same day Democrat Joe Biden took office. All three contracted Covid last year and are.
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