Brazil recorded 77,947 cases of Covid-19 and 284 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours. The numbers were released by the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) this Monday (31).
With that, after 12 days of records in the moving average of cases, the country had two days of slight drop in the index: it went from 186,492 (on the 29th) to 186,363 (on the 30th) and 185,593 on this January 31. The overnight drops were -0.06% and -0.4% respectively.
The moving average is the average of the numbers recorded in the last seven days. The metric is used to reduce distortions on days such as Sundays and Mondays, which tend to have lower numbers because the secretariats notify less on weekends.
The moving average of deaths, in turn, continues to rise and reached 540, slightly more than the 537 recorded on the 30th.
The country accumulates 25,426,744 cases of Covid-19 and 627,138 deaths resulting from the diseases recorded since the beginning of the pandemic.
Health distributes 2.5 million Covid-19 tests this Monday
The Ministry of Health distributes this Monday (31) more than 2.5 million antigen tests to the states and the Federal District. According to information from the folder, more than 20.7 million antigen tests have already been distributed this month. The delivery forecast for this Monday, however, was 13.1 million antigen tests distributed to the states of the country. Read more.
Public transport is the “villain” for Ômicron’s transmission, says SBCC
Brazilian public transport is the ‘big villain’ for the spread of the Ômicron variant of Covid-19, according to a study carried out by the Brazilian Society for Contamination Control (SBCC), carried out at the request of CNN.
The analysis shows that the rate of air renewal inside buses, trains and subways is insufficient for the efficient elimination of droplets contaminated by the virus. Read more.
Increase in Covid-19 infections causes delay in passport delivery
Brazilian citizens who issued their passports from the 21st of January will have to deal with a delay in the delivery of documents. According to the federal government, Casa da Moeda has faced difficulties in producing passports due to the high number of new cases of Covid-19. Applicants can follow the progress of the process on the government website. Know more.
Source: CNN Brasil
