The moving average of cases of Covid-19 which considers the last seven days, fell 0.2% in the last week, but deaths, however, recorded a rise of 5.8% in the same period, according to data from the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass ).
This Tuesday (19), the indicator for contamination was 56,180. On July 12, the index was at 56,292. That is, a reduction of 0.2%.
The moving average of deaths, in turn, went from 239 to 253 in the same period, an increase of 5.8%.
In the last 24 hours, Brazil recorded 353 deaths and 57,999 cases of the disease.
With this Tuesday’s update, the country reached 675,871 deaths from the disease and 33,397,814 infections by the coronavirus since the beginning of the pandemic, in March 2020.
Advancement of variants warns of booster role of vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the BA.5 subvariant of Ômicron is expected to become the predominant version of the Covid-19 virus in the Americas within the next few weeks.
The strain has already been detected in 22 countries in the region and is also spreading across Europe and Asia.
BA.5 is considered a more contagious and vaccine-resistant subvariant and is a cause for concern, as the immunization rate in the world has slowly advanced and the numbers of cases and deaths have risen again.
In Brazil, among the obstacles to vaccination are the reduced adherence among children aged 5 to 11 years and the slow pace of application of booster doses, important to increase protection against the virus.
This Wednesday (20), the city of São Paulo begins the vaccination against Covid-19 of children aged 3 to 4 years with comorbidities, with disabilities or indigenous people.
Source: CNN Brasil
