The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that another 2,468 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours and another 80,609 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed.
The official pandemic of the new coronavirus in Latin America’s largest and most populous state has so far reached 490,696 deaths out of a total of 17,533,221 million infections.
Brazil – the country with the second highest number of casualties in the world, behind only the United States, and the third highest number of cases worldwide, behind the United States and India – is on the verge of over half a million dead June.
Cuba: Record of more than 1,500 cases, eight deaths in 24 hours
The Cuban Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 1,537 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, a record number for the second time in a few days, while another 8 patients with COVID-19 had died.
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic on the Caribbean island so far stands at 1,106 deaths out of a total of 160,594 infections.
The capital Havana, the epicenter of the health crisis, recorded 375 cases. The incidence rate dropped to 298 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, but it is still the highest in the country.
The mass immunization campaign continues in the capital with the two most advanced vaccines being developed domestically, Soberana 2 and Abdala. The goal is for the entire population of the city (2.2 million) to be immunized by the end of July. The vaccination campaign is also under way in Pinar del Rio, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba and Isla de Juventud.
More than 2 million citizens have received at least one dose. A total of 3.6 million doses have been administered.
Namibia: Tragic record of 32 deaths and over 1,200 cases in 24 hours
The Namibian Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 32 patients had been infected with COVID-19 in the past 24 hours – an unprecedented number since the outbreak of the new coronavirus in the small African country in March 2020 – with more than 1,200 confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2.
In a press release issued by Health Minister Kalubi Sangula, he stressed that none of the victims had been vaccinated. “This should be a wake-up call for those who are still reluctant to get vaccinated,” he insisted.
The immunization campaign began in Namibia in March. As of earlier this week, 4.5% of the target population (1.5 million) had been vaccinated. The pandemic in the country of 2.5 million people amounts to 1,040 dead out of a total of 67,021 confirmed cases so far, according to official data.
President Hage Gingob announced in a televised address yesterday that he had decided to ban public gatherings of more than a dozen people to slow the spread of the virus.
The situation has “deteriorated” in recent weeks, with cases, hospitalizations and deaths rising, he explained.
According to the African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ACDC), Namibia now has the second highest incidence per million inhabitants on the continent, after the Seychelles.
Mexico: 241 deaths and 4,250 cases in 24 hours
The Mexican Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that 241 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours and 4,250 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed, with the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the country of 126 million reaches this stage the 230,428 deaths out of a total of 2,459,601 officially infected.
However, the Mexican government acknowledges that the fourth heaviest official pandemic death toll worldwide is undervalued. Data on excess mortality released by the Ministry of Health in March showed that deaths due to COVID-19 are at least 60% more than confirmed. A survey released last week found that a quarter of the population, in other words 31.1 million people, may be infected.
Tunisia: Nearly 2,000 cases and 89 deaths in 24 hours
The Tunisian Ministry of Health announced yesterday Tuesday that 1,997 cases of SARS-CoV-2 have been confirmed in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 372,221.
The deaths of another 89 patients with COVID-19 have raised the death toll from a new coronavirus pandemic in North Africa to 13,656 so far, according to official figures.
Since the start of the mass immunization campaign in Tunisia on March 13, 1.4 million people have received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 373,763 have received both, according to ministry figures.
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