Brazil recorded, in the last 24 hours, 929 deaths from Covid-19, the highest number since September 18, 2021, when the country had registered 935 deaths from the disease. There were also 193,465 Covid-19 infections.
The numbers are from the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) and were released this Tuesday (1).
With the new indices, both the moving average of cases (which had fallen slightly in the last two days) and the number of deaths registered an increase. The moving average of cases is at 186,985 (an increase of 0.7% compared to the previous day) and that of deaths at 603 (an increase of 11% compared to yesterday).
Moving average is the number that considers the average of the last seven days and serves to avoid distortions.
In all, Brazil has already accumulated 25,620,209 cases of Covid-19 and 628,067 deaths from the disease.
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Source: CNN Brasil
