Brazil Registers 970 Deaths by Covid-19 and Reaches 118,726 Deaths from the Disease

The press consortium also points out 42,489 new cases; total is 3.7 million

Brazil recorded 970 deaths from Covid-19 and 42,489 cases of the disease, this Thursday (27). Thus, the total number of deaths reached 118,726 total number of infections 3,764,493.

In addition to the consortium's daily data, Folha also shows the so-called moving average. The moving average is calculated by adding the result of the last seven days, dividing by seven.

The press consortium also points out 42,489 new cases; total is 3.7 million. (Foto: Raquel Portugal/Fiocruz Imagens) - Raquel Portugal/Fiocruz Imagens

According to the data collected until 8 pm, the average number of deaths in the last seven days is 900, which is stable although high.

A bulletin from the Ministry of Health released on Thursday (27) pointed out that Brazil registered 44,235 cases of infection with the new coronavirus and 984 deaths due to the disease, in the last 24 hours.

With the new data, a total of 118,649 deaths and 3,761,391 confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been recorded in the country since the beginning of the pandemic.

Translated by Kiratiana Freelon

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