This is Brazil by the Numbers, a weekly digest of the most interesting figures tucked inside the latest news about Brazil. A selection of numbers that help explain what is going on in Brazil. This week’s topics: Covid-19, the number of confirmed cases and deaths, President Bolsonaro’s bizarre statements, the government’s reaction, G20’s trillionaire rescue, repatriation in Peru, “vertical” isolation, state governors against the president.
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3,417 confirmed infections, 92 deaths
On Friday evening, the Health Ministry released the latest update of the spread of the novel coronavirus in Brazil. So far, the country has recorded 3,417 confirmed cases and 92 deaths. This week, Brazil registered its first deaths outside of the Southeast region: in Rio Grande do Sul (South), Pernambuco (Northeast), and Amazonas (North). Covid-19 lethality rate in Brazil is currently at 2.7 percent — way below Italy (7.2 percent) but above China’s (2.3 percent).
However, limited testing and challenges in assigning causes of death mean that the number of confirmed Covid-19 deaths in Brazil may not be accurate.
USD 5 trillion
After a video-conference summit, G20 leaders announced that they...
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