Second death of the Delta variant of the coronavirus in Brazil

the Brazil’s Ministry of Health today reported second death from Delta variant of coronavirus from India, the most aggressive of all that exist, which already affects several countries in the world.

The health portfolio said in a statement that Last Wednesday he was informed of the death of a 54-year-old man who was part of the crew of a ship in Maranhão, in the northeast of the country, where the new strain was first registered in Brazil.

In addition, The death of a 42-year-old pregnant woman was reported on April 18 in the state of Paraná.

The case was confirmed as contagion of the Indian mutation after genetic sequencing, and the investigation revealed that the woman had gone to Japan.

In addition to these two deaths, Brazil has 11 detected infected with the Delta variant, according to the ministry, quoted by the Sputnik news agency.

According to the most recent official data, Brazil, third most affected country behind the United States and India, adds an estimated 514,000 deaths and more than 18.4 million infections since the start of the pandemic.