Brazil Records 396 New Deaths from Coronavirus in 24 hours; 11,519 Total

Country surpassed the mark of 10 thousand deaths on Saturday; number of confirmed cases is 168 thousand

Brasília

This Monday (11), the Ministry of Health released data that shows that Brazil registered 396 new deaths by Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Altogether, there are 11,519 deaths confirmed by the disease.

The health ministry said that a reduction is expected on weekends because health teams in states and municipalities work in smaller numbers.

Country surpassed the mark of 10 thousand deaths on Saturday (Foto: Lalo de Almeida/ Folhapress) - Lalo de Almeida

The record is 751 new deaths by Covid-19, set on Friday (8). The following day, Saturday (9), there were 730 new deaths, and the country surpassed the mark of 10,000 deaths from the disease.

Last week, there were four days in a row with more than 600 new deaths per day - 600 on Tuesday (5), 615 on Wednesday (6), and 610 on Thursday (7).

The country also registered 5,632 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Brazil and has a total of 168,331 cases.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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