15/05/2020 14:25
Number of coronavirus cases in Brazil surpasses 200,000
The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Brazil reached 202,918, increasing by 13,944 over the past day, according to official statistics published on Friday.
According to the country’s Ministry of Health, the number of deaths associated with coronavirus increased by 844 over the day to 13,993. Meanwhile, 79,497 patients recovered.
The first coronavirus case in Brazil was confirmed on February 26 in Sao Paulo. Earlier, the Ministry of Health predicted that the situation in the country would stabilize by July, a gradual slowdown in the dynamics of the incidence rate would begin in August, and a decline would occur in September.