(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The cumulative number of confirmed cases in Brazil exceeds 21.45 million and the number of deaths in São Paulo state exceeds 150,000
China News Agency, Sao Paulo, October 2 (Reporter Mo Chengxiong) According to data released by the Brazilian Ministry of Health at 17:33 on the 2nd local time, there were 13,466 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Brazil that day, and a total of 21,459,117 confirmed cases; new deaths There were 468 cases, with a total of 597,723 deaths; a total of 20,436,127 cases were cured.
São Paulo State is the most severely affected state in Brazil. There were 97 new deaths in the state on the 2nd, and the cumulative number of deaths exceeded 150,000, reaching 15,050, ranking first in Brazil. If it is a country, as of now, the number of deaths from the new crown in São Paulo State ranks eighth in the world, surpassing the number of deaths from the new crown in countries such as Indonesia, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy. In terms of confirmed cases, there were 1,313 newly confirmed cases in the state that day, and the total number of confirmed cases reached 4369061.
The State of São Paulo carried out the “V Day” (Dia V) new crown vaccine mobilization activity on the 2nd, mobilizing the people to receive the second dose of vaccine. A total of 340,000 people in the state received a second dose of the vaccine that day. As of now, 60% of the state’s population has completed full vaccination.
The basic infection rate of the new crown virus in the federal districts of the Brazilian capital Brasilia has recently increased. The basic infection rate in the district on September 30 was 1.12, which means that every 100 infected people will infect another 112 people. Experts believe that when the index is higher than 1.0, it shows that the spread of the virus is accelerating.
According to Brazilian media statistics, as of 20 o’clock on the 2nd, 147 million people across Brazil had received the first dose of the new crown vaccine, accounting for 69.06% of the total population; 93.27 million people had completed the two doses of the vaccine, or only needed With one dose of the new crown vaccine, these fully vaccinated people accounted for 43.72% of the total population. In addition, more than 1 million people in Brazil received the third booster shot, accounting for 0.49% of the total population.
So far, 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. (over)
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