The Ministry of Health released new figures on the covid-19 pandemic in the country. According to the latest data released, Brazil recorded, in 24 hours, 38,600 new cases and 168 deaths.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the country has accumulated 33.3 million confirmed cases of the disease and 675,500 registered deaths. Recovered cases total 31.6 million (94.9% of cases).
The state of São Paulo has the highest number of accumulated cases, with 5.8 million cases and 172,000 deaths. Next are Minas Gerais (3.7 million cases and 62.5 thousand deaths); Paraná (2.6 million cases and 44.2 thousand deaths) and Rio Grande do Sul (2.6 million cases and 40.2 thousand deaths).