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 — cases and deaths in Brazil, President Bolsonaro’s false statements, the karma behind firing a Health Minister, prosecutors against Bolsonaro’s tweets, a former World War II soldier winning a new war, new medicines against the virus, and more.
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Over 2,000 deaths
Brazil has recorded 33,682 total coronavirus infections — and 2,141 deaths, according to data from the Health Ministry. On Friday, newly-appointed Health Minister Nelson Teich very first day on the job, the country surpassed its previous records of daily new cases (3,657) and new deaths (217). Outgoing minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta said, days before being fired, that the “worst 60 days of the pandemic” will come in the months of May and June.
159 false statements
President Jair Bolsonaro has made at least 159 false or distorted statements about the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil, according to fact-checking agency Aos Fatos, a partner organization of The Brazilian Report. Most of the president’s statements containing misinformation were made between March and April, amid the worsening time of the pandemic in Brazil. On top of criticizing social isolation measures...
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