Brazil exceeded the threshold of 200,000 deaths from the new coronavirus this Thursday, according to the latest official bulletin from the Ministry of Health, with a record of new contaminations (87,843).
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Hit hard by a second wave of contaminations, this country of 212 million inhabitants has a total of 200,498 deaths caused by Covid-19, including 1,524 recorded in the last 24 hours, the second highest figure since the start of the pandemic.
The curves are on the rise in recent weeks and specialists fear an explosion of new cases because of the gatherings during the end of the year holidays.
Delay in vaccination
In the country's largest cities, such as Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro or Belo Horizonte, the intensive care bed occupancy rate is over 90%.
In Manaus (north), cemeteries are again overwhelmed, with an 80% increase in burials in the past two weeks.
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And hopes that the situation will improve in the new year has been showered by the worrying delay in vaccination, when many countries have already started immunizing their populations, including neighboring Argentina.