Devastating toll in Brazil: more than 3,200 deaths in one day from the coronavirus

The figures for Brazil show a real health disaster across the country. In just 24 hours, the state ruled by Jair Bolsonaro recorded 3,251 new deaths from the coronavirus and 82,493 new cases. The devastating panorama of the border country is supplemented by several regions with a collapsed health system.

Brazil is the global epicenter of Covid-19, with more than 2,000 deaths per day on average over the past seven days and 24 of the 26 states and the capital, Brasilia, in a health collapse and quarantined with a nighttime curfew. For example, on Monday, we learned that there were 25 states with more than 80% of beds occupied, 16 with more than 90%, 11 with more than 95% and 3 with 100%.

In the state of Rio de Janeiro, one of the most powerful, it was known that Tuesday Rio de Janeiro recorded a long queue in intensive care beds. According to state figures, it has been revealed that 528 people are waiting for an intensive care station in this city. Despite this, Bolsonaro was encouraged to stress: “We are doing well despite the very serious problem we have been facing since last year. But even so, all of Brazil led by example. We are one of the few countries at the forefront of the search for solutions. “.

The mayor of Rio, Eduardo Paes, assured at a press conference that these restrictions had been adopted “out of absolute necessity and by listening a lot to science”, and asked for the collaboration of neighbors to save lives. There will be a ten-day “mega-vacation”Only services deemed essential, such as pharmacies, supermarkets, gas stations and banks will be able to open.

Establishments such as bars, restaurants, shopping malls, museums, libraries, gymnasiums, schools, universities and kindergartens are expected to remain closed, according to the Sputnik news agency. Rio de Janeiro and Niterói are only separated by a bridge that crosses Guanabara Bay, and together they have a population of over seven million.