Brazil - Media: 7 day moving average trend of COVID-19 coronavirus deaths up 23% - hospital ICU occupancy grows across the country - March 2, 2021

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https://especiais.g1.globo.com/bemestar/coronavirus/estados-brasil-mortes-casos-media-movel/

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Fiocruz says that 19 federation units have ICU occupancy rates above 80%


"For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a simultaneous worsening of several indicators across the country, such as the increase in the number of cases and deaths", points out the institution's bulletin.




By G1
03/02/2021 20h08 Updated 2 months ago

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The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation ( Fiocruz ) released on Tuesday (2) a technical note in which it points to the worsening of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil. According to Fiocruz, 19 units of the federation have occupancy rates for ICU beds above 80%. In the previous bulletin, there were 12.

• NEW RECORD : Brazil has 1,700 deaths in 24 hours, higher than the USA
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"For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, there has been a simultaneous worsening of several indicators across the country, such as the increase in the number of cases and deaths, the maintenance of high levels of SARS incidence, the high positivity of tests and the overload of hospitals. " - Fiocruz Covid Observatory Bulletin-19

https://g1.globo.com/bemestar/coronavirus/noticia/2021/03/02/fiocruz-diz-que-19-unidades-da-federacao-tem-taxas-de-ocupacao-de-uti-acima-de-80percent.ghtml

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Covid-19 Variant in Brazil Overwhelms Local Hospitals, Hits Younger Patients

New coronavirus strain is more contagious and more capable of reinfecting people than earlier strain, studies

By
Samantha Pearson and Ryan Dube
Updated March 2, 2021 8:06 pm ET

S?O PAULO—Researchers and doctors are sounding the alarm over a new, more aggressive coronavirus strain from the Amazon area of Brazil, which they believe is responsible for a recent rise in deaths, as well as infections in younger people, in parts of South America.

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Several doctors have reported a surge in younger patients in their Covid-19 wards, many in their 30s and 40s with no underlying health problems. In Peru, some doctors said patients are becoming seriously ill faster, just three or four days after the first symptoms emerged, compared with an average of nine to 14 days last year.

“The virus is behaving differently,” said Rosa Lopez, a doctor in the intensive-care unit at Lima’s Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen Hospital. “It’s really aggressive…the situation is very difficult, really terrible.”

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https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-variant-in-brazil-overwhelms-local-hospitals-hits-younger-patients-11614705337

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Okieman Comment: Please take the time to read the article in it's entirety. The aspect of this variant effecting younger populations is discussed. The WSJ has had a number of very good articles about Manaus, Brazil as circumstances there became very serious. They have done some excellent reporting. I have not affiliation with the WSJ.

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Rio de Janeiro announces curfew as Brazil battles brutal COVID wave

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Thomson Reuters
Mar 4, 2021 5:56 AM

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's second biggest city of Rio de Janeiro will be the latest to adopt new COVID-related restrictions on Friday, including a night curfew, in a bid to slow a deadly second wave that is ravaging the South American country.

The city of 6.7 million people will impose a curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. and order restaurants to close at 5 p.m., while certain businesses, such as clubs, will be shut altogether, according to information published in the city's official bulletin on Thursday.

While COVID-19 deaths and infections are falling globally, that is not the case in Brazil, where a record 1,910 people died from the virus on Wednesday.

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https://kfgo.com/2021/03/04/rio-de-janeiro-announces-curfew-as-brazil-battles-brutal-covid-wave/