State and municipal health departments recorded 22,142 new cases of covid-19. According to the bodies, 144 deaths from complications associated with the disease were confirmed.
With the new data, the total number of people infected with the new coronavirus during the pandemic reached 30,378,061. Yesterday, the information system of the Ministry of Health brought 30,355,919 accumulated cases.
The number of cases being monitored for covid-19 stands at 264,354. The term is given to designate cases reported in the last 14 days that were not discharged and did not result in death.
With today’s figures, the total number of deaths has reached 662,866. As of yesterday, the pandemic information panel marked 662,722 lives lost.
There are still 3,167 deaths under investigation. Investigative deaths occur due to the fact that there are cases in which the patient died, but the investigation if the cause was covid-19 still requires further tests and procedures.
To date, 29,450,841 people have recovered from Covid-19. The number corresponds to 96.9% of those infected since the beginning of the pandemic.
The data are in the update of the Ministry of Health released this Tuesday (26). It consolidates the information sent by municipal and state health departments on cases and deaths associated with covid-19.
The numbers are generally lower on Sundays, Mondays or the days following holidays due to the reduction of teams to feed the data. On Tuesdays and two days after public holidays, there are usually more daily records due to the accumulation of updated data.
States
According to the balance of the Ministry of Health, at the top of the ranking of states with the most deaths from covid-19 recorded so far are São Paulo (168,060), Rio de Janeiro (73,254), Minas Gerais (61,231), Paraná (43,268) and Rio Grande do Sul (39,268).
The states with the fewest deaths resulting from the pandemic are Acre (2,002), Amapá (2,130), Roraima (2,147), Tocantins (4,150) and Sergipe (6,342).
Vaccination
To date, 411.3 million doses of vaccines against covid-19 have been applied, 174.4 million with the 1st dose, 153.9 million with the 2nd dose and 4.8 with the single dose. Another 73.8 million have already received the booster dose and 3.1 million have received an additional dose.