Brazil has passed 13 million COVID-19 infections

Brazil reported 28,645 positive COVID-19 cases on Monday in the past 24 hours and the total number of confirmed cases has exceeded 13 million (specifically, 13013601) at a time when the South American giant continues to be the global epicenter of the pandemic and is experiencing the worst health moment since the virus arrived in the country just over a year.

According to the latest bulletin from the Ministry of Health, The death toll from the coronavirus in Brazil also continues to rise and the total death toll now stands at 332,752, with 1,319 victims reported on the last day.. Brazil, with its more than 210 million inhabitants, is the second country in the world with the highest number of deaths and infections, behind the United States.

The number of deaths and infections recorded on Monday is less than half of those recorded last Friday when more than 70,000 cases and around 3,000 victims were reported by COVID-19. However, the figures may be higher due to the holidays that commemorated Holy Week since this Monday data for the state of Ceará was not included, due to technical issues.

Since Friday, pandemic numbers have declined in the country, but this is common on weekends due to the reduction in staff handling data during those days.

While on Thursday April 1, around 3,800 deaths and more than 91,000 infections were recorded, as of Monday, around 1,300 victims and around 29,000 confirmed cases of the virus were reported..

The data also reduced the averages of deaths and infections in the country, with 2,698 deaths and 62,855 daily infections, last week, from the 3,117 deaths and 77,129 cases of covid reported a week ago.

A rebound in casualties and cases is expected this Tuesday, as hospitals across much of the country collapse and It is only in about two weeks that the effects of the measures adopted in recent days by the main regions of the country, such as São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, to contain the virus will be visible.

However, authorities fear another rebound after Easter. Despite decrees issued by governors and mayors to restrict the movement of people, a judge of the Supreme Court of Brazil authorized the celebration of masses and services throughout the country this Easter Sunday despite the critical situation.

The worsening health crisis also coincides with the slowness of the vaccination process in Brazil due to the lack of available doses.

In this context, the director of the Butantan Institute, the largest manufacturer of COVID-19 vaccines in Brazil, Dimas Covas, warned that the next 15 days will be dramatic in the country. “We are at a time when the transmission speed is still very high. April is going to be dramatic for Brazil“Said Covas in an interview with the newspaper Valor Economico.

According to the doctor, the South American nation is heading towards 4,000 daily deaths from covid-19 and could break the tragic barrier of 5,000 deaths per day.

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