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Dalam 24 Jam, Brasil Laporkan 1.110 Kasus Kematian Akibat Covid-19

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Januari 14, 2021

BRAZIL-HEALTH-VIRUS — Gravediggers bury a COVID-19 victim while surrounded by relatives at the Nossa Senhora Aparecida cemetery in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, on January 13, 2021, amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. - In Manaus there is a shortage of hospital beds as cases increased at an alarming rate. The city, with two million inhabitants, had already experienced nightmarish scenes in April and May, with mass graves and refrigerated trucks parked in front of hospitals to pile up the dead. But the situation is even worse in the beginning of 2021, since between January 1 and 11, at least 1,979 people were admitted to hospitals due to the virus, against 2,128 for the whole month of April, the worst since the start of the pandemic. (Photo by MICHAEL DANTAS / AFP)

Pelita.online – Brasil mencatat 1.110 kematian akibat Covid-19 dalam 24 jam terakhir, sehingga jumlah total kematian nasional menjadi 204.690 kasus. Pada Selasa (12/1), Kementerian Kesehatan Brasil mengumumkan angka kematian tersebuut.

Seperti dilaporkan Xinhua, Rabu (13/1), Brasil juga mengonfirmasi 64.025 kasus infeksi baru, menjadikan jumlah nasional 8.195.637 kasu.

Negara bagian Sao Paulo, yang terpadat di negara itu dan juga daerah yang paling terdampak, melaporkan 1.561.844 kasus dan total 48.662 kematian, diikuti oleh Rio de Janeiro, dengan 465.150 kasus dan 26.976 kematian akibat virus tersebut.

Brasil telah mengalami gelombang kedua wabah Covid-19, dengan peningkatan kasus yang signifikan sejak Desember yang telah mendorong sistem perawatan kesehatan publik ke ambang kehancuran di beberapa wilayah.

Sumber: Suara Pembaruan