The Brazilian Ministry of Health announced yesterday Monday that 35,785 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, while another 1,480 patients with COVID-19 died during the same period.
The death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in Latin America has risen to 354,617 with a total of more than 13.5 million infections, according to official figures, which much of the Brazilian scientific community considers underestimated.
The new wave of the pandemic is dramatically increasing the death toll, the second heaviest in the world, as the Senate prepares to investigate government actions in dealing with the health crisis, increasing pressure on far-right President Zaich Bolson.
The Senate is preparing to set up a committee to investigate the government’s pandemic errors and omissions. Last week, the Supreme Court paved the way for the Senate to conduct the inquiry, although the chamber’s chairman sought to delay the formation of the committee despite the support of a sufficient number of senators. The plenary session of the Supreme Court is expected to ratify this decision, but may give the upper house of the Brazilian parliament room to decide on the timing of the investigation.
In defiance of scientific consensus, the Brazilian president downplayed the severity of the pandemic, opposed restrictive measures to prevent it from spreading to the states, and only recently finally voted in favor of vaccines.
Chile: Over 6,300 cases and 137 deaths in 24 hours
For the fifth day in a row, the death toll from the disease caused by the new coronavirus has exceeded one hundred in Chile, although the Latin American country is at the forefront of the international immunization campaign.
The Ministry of Health in Santiago announced yesterday Monday that 6,372 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed in the previous 24 hours, while 173 patients with COVID-19 died.
The pandemic of the new coronavirus in Chile so far amounts to 24,483 deaths out of a total of 1,082,920 infections.
Undersecretary of Health Paula Dasha pointed out that of the 26,630 cases confirmed between April 4th and 10th, 70% were people between the ages of 20 and 59.
Chile is facing an outbreak of pandemic in recent weeks; the health system is facing a growing problem. A record 9,000 cases were recorded on Friday.
In the face of this situation, the authorities imposed new restrictions on 17 million citizens – 80% of the population – to slow down the spread of the new coronavirus.
Mexico: 364 deaths and over 1,600 cases in 24 hours
The Mexican Ministry of Health announced Monday that 1,627 cases of SARS-CoV-2 had been confirmed in the past 24 hours, while another 364 patients with COVID-19 had died.
According to official data, the death toll from the new coronavirus pandemic in the country of 126 million has reached 209,702 dead so far out of a total of 2,281,840 infections.
But the third heaviest pandemic in the world is undoubtedly underestimated. At the end of March, the Mexican Ministry of Health released updated data on overpopulation in the country, according to which the deaths due to COVID-19 are at least 60% more than recorded.
Cuba: Eight dead and more than 850 cases in 24 hours
The Cuban Ministry of Health announced on Monday that 8 patients with COVID-19 had died in the past 24 hours, the highest number of deaths recorded in a day since the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic on the island, with the death toll rising to reaches up to here 467 dead.
During the same period, 854 cases of SARS-CoV-2 were confirmed, bringing the total number of reported infections to 87,385 as of March 2020.
424 cases were reported in Havana, which remains the epicenter of the pandemic, while high numbers were also recorded in the provinces of Matanza and Granma.
Since January, Cuba has been facing a new wave of the new coronavirus pandemic, which is finding it difficult to control despite tougher measures, including a ban on night traffic. However, the epidemiological situation on the island is not comparable to that in other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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