Numbers of the week: May 30, 2020

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: the numbers of cases and deaths, Brazil’s economic problems beyond the pandemic, Bolsonaro’s closest lawmakers hit by an anti-fake news investigation, nurses unprepared to fight the virus, President Bolsonaro’s worst Datafolha performance, the pandemic job apocalypse, Brazil celebrated by the UN, the government seeking international resources, São Paulo’s reopening plan

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27,878 deaths, 465,166 cases

Brazil has registered 1,000-plus coronavirus deaths over the past four days, with 1,124 new casualties and 26,928 new infections on Friday alone. The total tally is now at 465,166 cases and 27,878 deaths, making Brazil the country with the fifth-highest number of casualties worldwide after it passed Spain. Among all Latin American nations, only Ecuador has more confirmed deaths per 1 million people than Brazil (187 against 125, respectively).

1.5-percent drop

According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, Brazil’s GDP dropped by 1.5 percent in Q1 2020 from the previous quarter, in line with market projections. The not-so-great contraction reflects the fact that the coronavirus arrived in...