Brazil recorded 133,563 cases of Covid-19 and 999 deaths from the disease in the last 24 hours. The data were released by the National Council of Health Secretaries (Conass) this Wednesday (23).
With that, the country had a drop in the moving average of cases for the 14th consecutive day, reaching 98,872 – the lowest number since January 18.
The moving average of deaths is also starting to show signs of cooling and showed a drop for the third consecutive day, reaching 806, the lowest number since February 7.
Moving averages consider the average of the numbers recorded in the last seven days and serve to follow the pandemic numbers without any distortions caused by underreporting on weekends.
In all, since the beginning of the pandemic, the country has recorded 28,484,890 cases of Covid-19 and 646,419 deaths from the disease.
Fiocruz begins prequalification to export 100% Brazilian vaccine
After offering AstraZeneca the possibility of making doses of the 100% national vaccine against Covid-19 available, so that they can be offered to the World Health Organization (WHO) for the international solidarity mechanism Covax Facility, the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) started the process of pre-qualification of the immunizer. Read more.
Deaths from Covid-19 in the state of São Paulo fall for the first time in 2022
For the first time since the beginning of 2022, deaths from Covid-19 have fallen across the state of São Paulo. The information was released by Governor João Doria (PSDB), at a press conference on Wednesday afternoon (23).
Deaths caused by the coronavirus have decreased by 11% during the last epidemiological week. The trend comes after a reduction in hospitalizations, both in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) and in wards. Compared to the peak of hospitalizations on January 28, when 11,541 people were hospitalized due to Covid-19, there was a drop of 46% – the so-called “third wave”, when there was the last peak, was caused by the Ômicron variant. , with high transmissibility. Read more.
Source: CNN Brasil
