RIO DE JANEIRO (BLOOMBERG) - Brazil recorded more Covid-19 deaths in the first four months of the year than in all of 2020, breaching the 400,000 mark as it grapples with a shortage of shots that s threatening mass vaccinations.
The Health Ministry reported 3,001 deaths on Thursday (April 29), pushing the total to 401,186 since the pandemic started a little over a year ago. It s the second highest tally globally, trailing only the US cases rose by 69,389 in the past 24 hours, pushing the toll to 14.6 million, behind India and the US.
Brazil went from 300,000 to 400,000 deaths in about a month, less than the two it took to go from 200,000 to 300,000. The acceleration was fuelled by lax social distancing measures, a more transmissible strain of the virus and vaccinations that are still trailing the government s own targets.
EFEBy Carlos Meneses Sanchez
Sao Paulo, Brazil
30 Apr 2021
Covid-19 deaths in Brazil surpass 400,000
A gravedigger helps bury a Covid-19 victim while relatives mourn at the Vila Formosa Cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 29, 2021. EFE/Fernando Bizerra Jr
A worker digs graves to bury Covid-19 victims at the Vila Formosa Cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on April 29, 2021. EFE/Fernando Bizerra Jr
A group of people attend the burial of a loved one who died of Covid-19 at the Campo da Esperanca Cemetery in Brasilia, Brazil, on April 29, 2021. EFE/Joedson Alves
Brazil surpassed 400,000 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday with hospitals in a critical situation and the country at risk of suffering a third pandemic wave, despite the slight deceleration in the spread of the coronavirus over the past two weeks.
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BRASILIA. KAZINFORM Brazil surpassed 400,000 Covid-19 deaths on Thursday with hospitals in a «critical» situation and the country at risk of suffering a third pandemic wave, despite the slight deceleration in the spread of the coronavirus over the past two weeks. Related news The country registered its first Covid-19 death on March 12, 2020, and in a little more than 14 months the death toll has climbed to 401,186, almost 13 percent of the world total, although Brazil has only 3 percent of the planet s population.
Only the United States, with about 570,000 Covid-19 deaths, exceeds Brazil in that dire statistic but the South American giant is far ahead of Mexico (215,000) and India (205,000) and has become the current epicenter of the pandemic, according to the World Health Organization, EFE reports.
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