Brazil COVID-19 deaths top 66,000 in March alone, Brazil's hospitals under stress as cases surge: 'We don't know what's yet to come', Brazil's president chooses 4th health minister as hospitals teeter on collapse from COVID-19. It is a priority for CBC to create a website that is accessible to all Canadians including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Brazil COVID-19 deaths top 66,000 in March alone A number of states in Brazil are in critical condition and hospitals are overwhelmed by COVID-19, … Latin America became an epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in May, driven by Brazil’s ballooning … Nations around the world set new records Thursday, April 8, for COVID-19 deaths and new coronavirus infections, and the disease surged even in some countries that have kept the virus in check. The grim milestone was reached on Friday … Brazil Coronavirus update with statistics and graphs: total and new cases, deaths per day, mortality and recovery rates, current active cases, recoveries, trends and timeline. Here is a guide to the symptoms of Covid-19. Use two fingers to pan and zoom. Brazil reported another 93,317 infections and 3,693 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, raising the national tallies to 348,718 and 13,373,174, respectively, the Ministry of Health said Friday. CBC's Journalistic Standards and Practices. with files from Reuters, The Associated Press. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has shrugged off criticisms that he is "genocidal" in his opposition to Covid-19 restrictions, as the nation recorded its deadliest 24 hours of the pandemic so far. Politically, he recently overhauled his cabinet, replacing six ministers, though not the health minister, who was already replaced last month. Brazil now has the third highest number of Covid-19 cases in the world - around a quarter of a million, ,according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University. "How much longer will you stay at home and close everything? Throughout the pandemic, those efforts have been opposed, even undermined, by President Jair Bolsonaro. With new variants pushing ICUs past their limits, experts are warning that Brazil's soaring COVID-19 infection rates have become a global public health threat. A woman in São Paulo eyes the syringe about to be used to give her a shot of Sinovac’s COVID-19 vaccine. Brazil is facing a 'biological Fukushima' and is seeing new Covid variants every week, one of the country's leading health experts has warned. The new coronavirus variant sweeping through Brazil, and spreading to other nations around the world, is proving to be up to three times more deadly for young people, according to research. In Brazil, from 3 January 2020 to 3:34pm CEST, 7 April 2021, there have been 13,013,601 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with 332,752 deaths, reported to WHO. Dr. Pedro Hallal, an associate professor of epidemiology at Universidade Federal de Pelotas, explains how the dire COVID-19 situation in Brazil is a threat to the entire global community. Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro holds a box of chloroquine outside the Alvorada Palace, amid the coronavirus outbreak in Brasilia, Brazil, July 23, 2020 [Adriano Machado/Reuters] A coffin is buried at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, late last month. There's a waiting list for ICU beds that are filled with COVID-19 patients who, unlike early in the pandemic, are younger and have no underlying medical conditions. "We think that probably two, three months from now, Brazil could be back to business," Economy Minister Paulo Guedes said during an online event on Tuesday. Brazil became just the second country, after the U.S., to report a 24-hour tally of COVID-19 deaths exceeding 4,000. A variety of newsletters you'll love, delivered straight to you. Still, government officials are sounding an optimistic tone, insisting that the country can return to normalcy soon. Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. "We are not going to accept this policy of staying at home, of closing everything down," Bolsonaro said in a speech Wednesday. Note: Scale for deaths chart is adjusted from cases chart to display trend. RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil on Thursday set a new record of 4,249 coronavirus deaths in a day, as overwhelmed hospitals run low on supplies and the … Hallal is calling on the international community to step in to provide vaccines and put political pressure on the country's leaders to help address the problems in Brazil. A world leader in infections and deaths. Brazil's COVID-19 death toll is staggering. "It's very difficult to fight against the virus and the president and that's why the situation is so bad in Brazil.". Steven D'Souza is a Gemini-nominated journalist based in New York City. Tap for details. He said waiting lists for ICUs are a sign the country's health-care system has collapsed. "We need help from the World Health Organization, from the United Nations, from the governments in other countries, because it's not our problem alone," Hallal said. ... Latest News. Note: The seven-day average is the average of a day and the previous six days of data. There have been at least 13,193,200 cases of the coronavirus in Brazil, according to data from state governments. The country was slow to secure early vaccine supplies, and it's now racing to catch up. WATCH | A breakdown of Brazil's coronavirus death toll: Hallal isn't that optimistic but said Brazil could be vaccinating 1.5 million people daily if the supply was available. In March, after a previous record-setting pair of days, Bolsonaro told Brazilians to stop whining. No one can stand it anymore.". 82,826 new cases and 3,928 new deaths in Brazil ; April 7 Coronavirus: Brazil emerges as next virus hotspot - as president remains in denial. How much longer will the crying go on?" This week, Brazil set a new daily record with more than 4,000 deaths. By Sofia Moutinho Apr. "I think nobody's safe until everyone is safe," she said. So far, less than 10 per cent of Brazilians have been vaccinated. March 24, 2021 -- The unchecked spread of the more contagious coronavirus variants in Brazil appears to have created even more dangerous versions of the virus that causes COVID-19. But we are also a threat to global public health because we are pretty much a factory of variants," he said in an interview with CBC News. With the virus still running rampant, inadequate vaccine supplies and a president who continues to be indifferent, experts in Brazil are calling for international assistance to stop what epidemiologist Pedro Hallal calls "a threat to global public health.". That gave Bolsonaro his fourth health minister since the pandemic began. JBS said it had put all its indigenous workers on paid leave and is supporting initiatives to control and prevent new coronavirus outbreaks in more than 100 municipalities across Brazil. Brazil has been experiencing record numbers of coronavirus infections and COVID-19 deaths in recent weeks. Brazil has detected a new COVID-19 variant that is similar to the one first seen in South Africa, the head of Sao Paulo's Butantan institute said on … "In one shift I did in February in the ICU, out of 10 patients I was taking care of, all of them were on mechanical ventilation — six of those patients were less than 35 years of age," Vieceli said in an interview with CBC News on Skype during a break in her shift. Heart attack and car accident victims, she said, aren't guaranteed an ICU bed, and surgeries are being cancelled. As of 1 April 2021, a total of 19,474,264 vaccine doses have been administered. Brazil Sets Record Daily COVID-19 Death Toll, Senate to Probe Bolsonaro Government's Response By Reuters , Wire Service Content April 8, 2021 By Reuters , … Bolsonaro told a crowd at an event. Relatives attend the burial of the remains of a person suspected to have died of COVID-19 disease, at the Vila Formosa cemetery in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, April 30, 2020. Frequently Asked Questions About the Covid Data, understanding of how the Covid-19 works is growing, four factors that most likely play a role. Source: Ministério da Saúde (Ministry of Health) of Brazil; For total cases and deaths: The map shows the known locations of coronavirus cases by region. The P1 variant, first discovered in Brazil, is now spreading around the world, including in Canada. In Sao Paulo, the country's biggest city, officials said they would begin digging about 600 new graves per day, well beyond the record of 426 burials in a day on March 30. Just one day after our team arrived, the country hit a record 3,780 lives lost in a single day.More than 315,000 dead over the last year. "The situation is still bad, but in terms of the vaccine, fortunately, we are moving in the right direction," he said. In new grim record, Brazil surpasses 4,000 daily COVID deaths. Bolsonaro continues to pitch, despite a lack of studies showing its effectiveness, treatments such as hydroxychloroquine. The country does have a robust vaccination program, but issues with supply are hampering efforts. He continues to minimize the threat of COVID-19, saying distancing and public health measures are bad for the economy. Box 500 Station A Toronto, ON Canada, M5W 1E6. As Brazil continues to struggle against COVID-19, the number of deaths in the country has been climbing to new heights. "It would be no good to vaccinate everyone outside Brazil while we are harvesting variants.". April 8 (GMT) Updates. Data acquisition and additional work contributed by Will Houp, Andrew Chavez, Michael Strickland, Tiff Fehr, Miles Watkins, Josh Williams, Nina Pavlich, Carmen Cincotti, Ben Smithgall, Andrew Fischer, Rachel Shorey, Blacki Migliozzi, Alastair Coote, Jaymin Patel, John-Michael Murphy, Isaac White, Steven Speicher, Hugh Mandeville, Robin Berjon, Thu Trinh, Carolyn Price, James G. Robinson, Phil Wells, Yanxing Yang, Michael Beswetherick, Michael Robles, Nikhil Baradwaj, Ariana Giorgi, Bella Virgilio, Dylan Momplaisir, Avery Dews, Bea Malsky and Ilana Marcus. WATCH | Brazilian epidemiologist: 'It's not our problem alone': Efforts to stem the spread of the virus vary across the country, with local and state governments trying to enforce partial lockdowns and stay-at-home orders. Vieceli said the international community can help increase the vaccine supply, which would go a long way to assisting Brazil. 14-day change trends use 7-day averages. Inside a COVID-19 unit in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, Dr. Tarsila Vieceli said she is seeing firsthand the collapse of the country's health-care system under the weight of the coronavirus pandemic. Read our COVID-19 research and news. Relatives of Luiz Alves, 63, who died from COVID-19, react at his funeral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on March 10, 2021. As … Hallal, an associate professor of epidemiology at Federal University in Pelotas, said calling the country a threat to the world isn't overstating the problem. But it will be much, much less than the drop we suffered last year ... and much, much shorter.". "The president is playing on the same team as the virus, and we are playing on the other team," said Hallal, expressing the frustration of many in Brazil's scientific community. "We are obviously a threat to ourselves because the virus is out of control, and we break records every single day. Circles are sized by the number of people there who have tested positive or have a probable case of the virus, which may differ from where they contracted the illness. See the map, stats, and news for areas affected by COVID-19 on Google News "It's a problem for you, because if we are producing new variants, some of them will go on, and we will infect the world's population," he said. Coronavirus surge is spurring desperate calls for strict lockdown measures, but President Bolsonaro still rejects curbs. Lula, Bolsonaro trade barbs in possible preview of Brazil election, Canadian firm's proposed gold mine in Amazon rainforest a step closer to reality, CEO says, Canada is losing the race between vaccines and variants as the 3rd wave worsens. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) This week, Brazilian experts also found cases of the variant first discovered in South Africa, and scientists warned of a potentially new variant emerging this week in the city of Belo Horizonte. As has been seen with the spread of the P1 variant, the problem can't be contained within Brazil's borders, Hallal said. 9, … It took only 10 days from start to finish, from the time 28-year-old Graciane da Silva got sick to the time she died. He has reported internationally from the papal conclave in Rome and the World Cup in Brazil, and he spent eight years in Toronto covering stories like the G20 protests and the Rob Ford crack video scandal. "Enough fussing and whining. This week, Brazil set a new one-day record for COVID-19 deaths, with the health ministry reporting 4,195 dead on Tuesday. Brazil is leading another wave of coronavirus deaths and cases in the world despite restrictions and ramped-up vaccinations in many nations. Researchers warn that by July, Brazil's rapid rise in deaths could see it surpass the United States in total deaths despite having two-thirds the population. The city is also preparing plans for a "vertical cemetery," a crypt with 26,000 drawer-like graves that can be built in 90 days once approved. Scientists are warning the country could surpass the record wave of deaths set in January in the U.S. As of Thursday, Brazil had 340,776 deaths from COVID-19, according to a count maintained by Johns Hopkins University. News Coronavirus Expert: Brazil COVID-19 variant reason to speed up vaccine program 10:00pm, Mar 28, 2021 Updated: 6:56am, Mar 29 Expert: Brazil COVID-19 …