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Re: Fatalities: total 884
Re: Fatalities: total 884
Source: http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat...-pela-quinta-semana-consecutiva-767640452.asp
Swine flu: Ministry of Health confirms the downward trend in serious cases for the fifth consecutive week
Posted on 16/09/2009 at 19h40m
The Globe
SAO PAULO - The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Brazil has recorded 899 deaths from flu, since the beginning of the pandemic. The good news, according to the Ministry, is that severe cases of the new flu fell for the fifth consecutive week, confirming a downward trend. The week of 6 to 12 September, were recorded 35 serious cases, against 490 the previous week and 837 the previous week. Between April 25 and September 12, 9249 were reported cases of swine flu in the country.
The state of Sao Paulo leads the number of deaths with 327 cases, followed by 222 deaths in Paran?, Rio Grande do Sul, 148 and Rio de Janeiro 84. Then, the Santa Catarina, 48, Minas Gerais, 24, Goias, 20, Mato Grosso do Sul, 7, Amazonas, Roraima, Para, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal all with two deaths; and Rond?nia, Acre, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Bahia with a death each. The state of Paran? continues to have the highest death rate per hundred thousand inhabitants: 2.08. Rio Grande do Sul comes next with a mortality rate of 1.36 per hundred thousand inhabitants.
Re: Fatalities: total 884
Source: http://oglobo.globo.com/cidades/mat...-pela-quinta-semana-consecutiva-767640452.asp
Swine flu: Ministry of Health confirms the downward trend in serious cases for the fifth consecutive week
Posted on 16/09/2009 at 19h40m
The Globe
SAO PAULO - The Health Ministry said on Wednesday that Brazil has recorded 899 deaths from flu, since the beginning of the pandemic. The good news, according to the Ministry, is that severe cases of the new flu fell for the fifth consecutive week, confirming a downward trend. The week of 6 to 12 September, were recorded 35 serious cases, against 490 the previous week and 837 the previous week. Between April 25 and September 12, 9249 were reported cases of swine flu in the country.
The state of Sao Paulo leads the number of deaths with 327 cases, followed by 222 deaths in Paran?, Rio Grande do Sul, 148 and Rio de Janeiro 84. Then, the Santa Catarina, 48, Minas Gerais, 24, Goias, 20, Mato Grosso do Sul, 7, Amazonas, Roraima, Para, Paraiba, Pernambuco, Mato Grosso, Distrito Federal all with two deaths; and Rond?nia, Acre, Rio Grande do Norte, Pernambuco and Bahia with a death each. The state of Paran? continues to have the highest death rate per hundred thousand inhabitants: 2.08. Rio Grande do Sul comes next with a mortality rate of 1.36 per hundred thousand inhabitants.