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 Covid-19 curve, a new shocking record for the Brazilian Health Ministry, São Paulo’s subway is busy again, racism in the Brazilian police, military taking the control during the pandemic, another state governor testing positive for Covid-19, a new diplomatic defeat to Jair Bolsonaro, the names of those who received the emergency salary.
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35,701 deaths, 646,950 cases
Brazil’s coronavirus infections reached 646,950, and deaths amount to 35,701 — the third-highest death toll in the world. The real figures, however, are much higher, due to massive underreporting and the government’s lack of transparency with the data. The Health Ministry is not only pushing updates until after nightly TV newscasts are...
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