Coronavirus in Brazil: record of deaths in one day …

Brazil hit new coronavirus death record on Tuesday when registering 3,251 deaths in the last 24 hours. In this way, the total figure rises to 298,676, while the shortage of oxygen and medication for infected people threatens to exacerbate the collapse of the health system. For its part, cemeteries work long shifts Yes corpses accumulate in the corridors of public hospitals by saturation of cold rooms.

In this dramatic picture of the situation, infections keep increasing: The National Council of Secretaries of Health (Conass), which brings together health officials from the 27 states, reported this Tuesday 82,493 new cases were registered in a day, with what they already are 12,130,019 infections since the start of the pandemic.

The exponential growth in infections, compounded by the circulation of new, more infectious variants of the coronavirus, has caused São Paulo’s ICUs are at the limit, with an occupancy rate reaching 92%.

In addition to the lack of beds in hospitals, there are also concerns possible oxygen and drug shortages, as sedatives and neuromuscular blockers, essential for patients with more severe pictures of the disease. In this regard, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that six states in the country are in critical condition due to lack of oxygen in hospitals. These are Acre, Rondonia, Mato Grosso, Amapá, Ceará and Río Grande del Norte.

Although the wallet did not include it, the situation also puts San Pablo on high alert, where the prosecution is investigating the deaths of three people who died in the capital of São Paulo, after being transferred from a health center. health due to lack of oxygen.

In this context, a preliminary study by Fiocruz, the federal public laboratory, indicated that Recurring agglomerations can be the ideal space for the generation of new variants on Brazilian territory.

Images recorded by doctors from hospitals in Guará and Ceilandia, in the area around the Federal District, showed Corpses of coronavirus victims in the corridors due to the saturation of funeral services and cold rooms in the capital.

In this sense, the entity that brings together private funeral homes announced a few days ago that it was working 24 hours a day for the transfer of the deceased and the burial operation.

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) today warned of the “terrible” increase in cases in Brazil, which is also hitting its neighbors Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru, and highlighted the increase in infections in Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Transmission of the virus “continues to increase dangerously throughout Brazil,” PAHO director Carissa Etienne told a press conference, deeming “crucial” that the South American giant adopt preventive measures to stop the spread of the virus.