Moving averages of deaths and new Covid cases grow in the country

Brazil recorded 50,065 cases of Covid, this Saturday (8). As a result, the moving average of infections rose to 30,039 per day, up 716% from two weeks ago.

The country also recorded 103 deaths from the disease. The average number of deaths is now 120 and, as a result, it has increased by 30%.

With this Saturday’s data, Brazil reaches 619,981 lives lost and 22,498,806 people infected since the beginning of the pandemic.

The spread of the super contagious omicron variant of Covid added to the holiday season may be factors that explain the recent jump in cases of the disease. It is worth remembering, however, that in December the country suffered a cyberattack that caused notification problems and possible data damming.

The country data, collected up to 8 pm, are the result of collaboration between leaf, UOL, O Estado de S. Paulo, Extra, O Globo and G1 to gather and publish the numbers related to the new coronavirus pandemic. The information is collected by the consortium of press vehicles daily with the state Health Departments.

Vaccination data against Covid-19 are also among those affected, with several states without updates, by the attack on the ministry’s page. In any case, the information was at least partially updated in 13 states.

Brazil registered 303,459 doses of vaccines against Covid-19 this Saturday. According to data from the state health departments, there were 27,865 first doses, 68,867 second doses. In addition, 210,109 booster doses were recorded.

In all, 161,630,993 people received at least the first dose of a vaccine against Covid in Brazil. Added to the single doses of Janssen’s vaccine against Covid, there are already 144,291,715 people with both doses or with one dose of Janssen vaccine.​

Thus, the country already has 75.77% of the population with the 1st dose and 67.64% of Brazilians with both doses or with one dose of the Janssen vaccine.

Even those who received both doses or one dose of the Janssen vaccine should maintain basic care, such as wearing a mask and social distancing, experts say.

The initiative by the consortium of press vehicles occurred in response to the attitudes of the Jair Bolsonaro government (without a party), which threatened to withhold data, delayed newsletters about the disease and took information from the air, with the interruption of the disclosure of the totals of cases and deaths. In addition, the government released conflicting data.