Brazil records 71 ​​deaths and 5,441 cases of Covid this Saturday (21)

Brazil recorded 71 deaths from Covid and 5,441 cases of the disease this Saturday (21). With this update, the country reaches 696,316 lives lost and 36,733,016 people infected by Sars-CoV-2 since the beginning of the pandemic.

The moving average of cases shows a downward trend of 33% compared to data from two weeks ago. It is now 14,126 a day. The average number of deaths is in stability, with a 1% drop rate compared to the information from two weeks ago. The average number is 135 a day.

During weekends, some states do not release updated data. Examples are Rio de Janeiro, Maranhão, Piauí and São Paulo. Therefore, the consolidated numbers of the pandemic on weekends are usually smaller.

The data for the country, collected until 8 pm, are the result of a collaboration between SheetUOL, O Estado de S. Paulo, Extra, O Globo and G1 to gather and publish figures related to the new coronavirus pandemic.

The information is collected daily by the consortium of press vehicles with the state Health Secretariats.

The consortium of press vehicles stopped updating the numbers of those vaccinated against Covid-19 on weekends and holidays. On working days, the data will be updated normally. The measure aims to avoid inaccuracies in the numbers reported to the reader.

The change occurs due to problems in the consolidation of vaccination data by state secretariats. Several states do not update the total number of people vaccinated on weekends and holidays, and even those that do sometimes report outdated numbers, which do not correspond to reality and are usually corrected in the following days.