Coronavirus infection slowing down in São Paulo city for the first time

According to a coronavirus monitoring panel compiled by newspaper Folha de S.Paulo, the city of São Paulo is currently in a decreasing phase of its Covid-19 epidemic. In simple terms, this means the number of confirmed cases has dropped considerably in recent weeks.

In the last seven days, the country’s biggest city reported around 1,000 to 1,500 cases every day. The week prior to that, new cases hovered around 1,400 and 2,000, when the city’s epidemic was considered to be in a “stable” and “constant” phase. 

When looking at the whole of São Paulo state — Brazil’s most populous — hospitals have posted positive results over the last week, with the lowest occupancy rate of intensive care beds since the beginning of the pandemic in February (49.1 percent). The city of São Paulo is currently registering an ICU occupancy rate of 48.5 percent.

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