Brazil recorded, in 24 hours, 13,510 cases of covid-19. In the same period, 69 deaths of victims of the virus were confirmed, according to the epidemiological bulletin released today (16) by the Ministry of Health. The total number of confirmed cases of the disease is 30,701,900 and that of deaths is 664,987 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Also according to the bulletin, 29,746,640 people have recovered from the disease and 290,273 cases are being monitored.
Epidemiological bulletin from the Ministry of Health updates the numbers of the pandemic in Brazil. – Ministry of Health
On Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, the number recorded daily tends to be lower due to the difficulty of feeding the databases by the municipal and state health departments. On Tuesdays, the number, in general, is higher due to the update of cases accumulated on weekends.
States
The state of Mato Grosso do Sul did not send the Ministry of Health updated death data. Thus, considering the most recent data obtained by the Ministry of Health, São Paulo leads the number of cases, with 5.45 million, followed by Minas Gerais (3.37 million) and Paraná (2.49 million). The smallest number of cases is registered in Acre (124.9 thousand). Then appears Roraima (155.6 thousand) and Amapá (160.4 thousand).
Regarding deaths, São Paulo has the highest number (168,712), followed by Rio de Janeiro (73,643) and Minas Gerais (61,437). The lowest number of deaths is in Acre (2,002), Amapá (2,132) and Roraima (2,151).
Vaccination
So far, 428.5 million doses of vaccines against covid-19 have been applied, 176.5 million with the first dose and 157.8 million with the second dose. The single dose was given to 4.8 million people. Another 82.7 million have already received booster doses.
