Ministry of Health confirms 675,518 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic; average continues in an uptrend
The Ministry of Health confirmed on Monday (18.Jul.2022) 168 deaths from covid-19 in the last 24 hours. In all, there are 675,518 victims of the disease in Brazil since the beginning of the pandemic.
There were 38,697 cases of covid-19 recorded in the same period. In total, the country has 33,339,815 confirmed diagnoses.
According to the ministry, only Mato Grosso do Sul did not update the number of deaths on Monday.
Read here how and from where Power 360 get data about coronavirus. The daily records of deaths do not refer to the dates of deaths, but to the day the death was reported to the Ministry of Health.
AVERAGE OF DEATH AND CASES
To explain the situation of the pandemic, the Power 360 uses the 7-day average as a metric. The indicator shows that the average number of deaths in Brazil is 251. The curve shows an upward trend with a variation of 17% compared to two weeks ago.
It is considered that there is an uptrend when the variation of the curve in the comparison with 14 days before is greater than 15%. The movement is downward when the difference is less than -15%. There is stability when the oscillation is in the range of 15% to -15%.
The moving average of cases indicates 57,044 records per day. The data show a stability trend with a variation of -2% compared to two weeks before.
PROPORTIONAL DEATH
Brazil records 3,167 deaths per million inhabitants. There are 12 states and the Federal District with more than 3,000 deaths per million. The worst situation is that of Rio de Janeiro, which has 4,265 victims per million.
The rates consider the number of deaths confirmed by the Ministry of Health and the population estimate of the IBGE (Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics) for the year 2021 in each unit of the Federation.
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