The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on Friday that another 2,216 COVID-19 patients had died in the past 24 hours, with the death toll exceeding 2,000 for a third day, the worst performance since the pandemic began.
During the same period, 85,663 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were diagnosed, the second highest number of infections recorded in a 24-hour period.
Yesterday, the director general of the World Health Organization, Tentros Antanom Gebregesus, said he was “very concerned” about the epidemic situation associated with Covid-19 in Brazil, calling on the government to take “serious action”.
The largest Latin American country has so far recorded 275,105 deaths out of a total of 11,363,380 cases. It is the second heaviest death toll and the third highest number of infections in the world.
South Korea: Three-week high with 490 cases in the past 24 hours
South Korea said it had recorded 490 cases of the new coronavirus in the past 24 hours, a three-week high, with the number of infections rising as authorities prepare for a massive Covid-19 vaccine.
The latest tally was slightly higher than the previous day (488 cases) and the highest since February 19, according to the South Korean Office of Disease Control and Prevention (KDCA).
Of the 490 cases in the last 24 hours, 474 were domestic cases and 16 were imported, ie travelers from abroad who are found to have been infected with the coronavirus after entering the country.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, 95,176 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded with 1,667 deaths in the country. Nearly 70% of the domestic outbreaks come from the capital, Seoul, and its environs, where about half of the country’s 52 million people live.
South Korea plans to start vaccinating the population, starting with people over the age of 65 and working in the healthcare sector next month, the Yonhap news agency reported, citing a health official.
The government is going to announce details of the vaccination plan early next week.
The country has administered 583,658 doses of Covid-19 vaccine as of midnight Friday, according to the KDCA, including AstraZeneca and Pfizer / BioNTech vaccines.
The government announced yesterday that it would extend existing social distance rules by banning private gatherings of more than four people in a bid to rule out a fourth wave of Covid-19 infections in the country.
Mexico: 709 deaths and over 6,700 cases in 24 hours
The Mexican Ministry of Health announced yesterday Friday that 709 patients with COVID-19 have died in the past 24 hours, with the new coronavirus pandemic rate rising to 193,851 dead at this stage.
At the same time, 6,743 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, with the total number of people infected in the country of 126 million inhabitants reaching 2,157,771, according to ministry figures.
Mexican government officials have pointed out in the course of the health crisis that in fact, the death toll and cases are probably much higher than officially recorded.
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