The governor of the Federal District, Ibaneis Rocha, signed today (18) a decree revoking the state of public calamity in the country’s capital due to the covid-19 pandemic. The state of calamity was first declared in June 2020.
In March 2021, the governor issued a new decree, extending the duration of the state of calamity until the end of the pandemic. At the time, a curfew was also decreed for the population, which ended in September of the same year. At the time, the risk of overcrowding hospital units, especially intensive care units (ICUs), because of covid-19, was imminent.
The public calamity exempts the government from meeting budget execution targets and makes it possible to urgently employ prevention and control measures.
Reduction of cases and deaths
The decree signed today by the governor revokes the one published in March of last year. The DF recorded, since the beginning of the pandemic, 695,327 cases, 155 of which were verified in the last 24 hours. From yesterday (17) to today, three deaths were recorded. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 11,630 people have died of covid in the DF.
On March 8, 2021, when the state of calamity was expanded, with the implementation of the curfew, the DF recorded 308,509 cases since the beginning of the pandemic, with 2,288 of them in the last 24 hours alone. On the same day, there were 17 deaths in 24 hours.
