The Covid-19 epidemiological bulletin released this Wednesday by the Ministry of Health notes that Santa Catarina has recorded 1,825,894 people infected since the start of the pandemic in March 2020. During the same period, 22,172 people died from the novel coronavirus. This means that every 82.35 cases Santa Catarina dies from Covid-19.

Santa Catarina ranks 6th among the subjects of the federation with the highest number of infected. In terms of mortality, the state is in 9th place.

Santa Catarina is the sixth federation with the most cases – Photo: Shaw Rain/Unsplash/ND

Brazil has recorded 56,400 new cases and 346 deaths in the past 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 33.4 million confirmed cases of the disease and 676.2 thousand registered deaths have been registered in the country. In total, 31.8 million recovered, which is 95.1% of cases.

The state of São Paulo has the most accumulated cases, with 5.8 million infected and 172,200 deaths. Next come Minas Gerais (3.7 million cases and 62.6 thousand deaths); Paraná (2.6 million cases and 44.3 thousand deaths) and Rio Grande do Sul (2.6 million cases and 40.3 thousand deaths).

The Ministry of Health released the Covid Epidemiological Bulletin this Wednesday (20) – Photo: Ministry of Health/Reproduction/ND

vaccination

According to the vaccinometer of the Ministry of Health, 458.8 million doses of vaccines against Covid-19 have already been applied, of which 177.7 million are the first dose; 158.5 million second dose; 99 million booster shots; 13.9 million booster re-shots and 4.5 million extra shots.