In the country, the number of cases of coronavirus contamination continues to grow and so far 3,417 people have the disease.
According to the latest update from the Ministry of Health on coronavirus, the number of deaths reached 92 this Friday (27). On Thursday there were 77 deaths. The result means an increase of 18% compared to yesterday.
Compared to the beginning of the week, when there were 25 deaths, the number multiplied by 3.68 times. The fatality rate reached its highest point of the week, at 2.7%.
Today, the 27th, the total number of confirmed cases jumped from 2,915 to 3,417. This result represents an increase of 80% in cases compared to the beginning of the week, when 1,891 infected people were confirmed.
The number of new cases was 502, reaching the highest number in the historical series. Yesterday, the increase was 482. In the previous days, the increase had been smaller, averaging between 232 and 345 cases.
Situation of Brazilian states
São Paulo is the epicenter of the pandemic in Brazil and has accumulated 1,233 cases. In second place comes Rio de Janeiro (493), Ceará (282), the Federal District (230), Rio Grande do Sul (195) and Minas Gerais (189).
There were also cases registered in Santa Catarina (149), Paraná (119), Bahia (115), Amazonas (89), Pernambuco (56), Goiás (49), Espírito Santo (47), Mato Grosso do Sul (28), Rio Grande do Norte (28), Acre (25), Sergipe (16), Maranhão (13), Pará (13), Alagoas (11). Mato Grosso and Roraima account for 10 cases, Paraíba and Piauí 9, Tocantins 8, Rondônia 6 and Amapá with 2 confirmed cases.
Victim profile
Overall, 89% of the victims were over 60 years old. 35% were women and 65% were men. Regarding related diseases, 47 of the people had some kind of heart disease, 34 were diabetic, 17 had pneumonia, and 10 of them had some kind of kidney complication.
In the wards, the number of patients admitted is 149 and 186 are in Intensive Care Units (ICUs). The total number of hospitalizations since the beginning of the cases reaches 497, which is equivalent to 3.5% of admissions with Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SRAG).
When asked about the confirmation of COVID-19 as the cause of death, João Gabbardo dos Reis, executive secretary of the Ministry of Health, stated that patients will be tested. “Sometimes it has to be done once, twice. But the diagnosis will always be made. There will be no underreporting. What may happen is a delay,” said the secretary.