Numbers of the week: Jul. 11, 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: Covid-19 cases and deaths, Latin American leaders not immune to the coronavirus, healthcare coverage, Latam airlines in hot water, vaccine trials, football coming back, Mexico-U.S. relations, and oil deals.

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70,398 deaths, 1,800,827 infections

The latest coronavirus update by the Health Ministry shows Brazil’s coronavirus infections totaling 1,800,827 and recording 70,398 confirmed deaths in the country. Meanwhile, states continue to greenlight more non-essential activities despite warnings from the World Health Organization that the infection curve will only peak in August.

Since the beginning of the month, Brazil has recorded almost 10,000 new deaths. Amazonas, the first state to experience a collapse of its healthcare network, remains with the most deaths per 1 million people: 750.

BRL 7 billion in debt

Latam, the biggest airline in Latin America, added its Brazilian subsidiary to its May Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing in the U.S. Initially, the process only included operations in Chile, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, and the U.S.

In a statement, Latam Brasil claimed that its debts amount to roughly BRL 7 billion (USD 1.3 billion). Before the pandemic, Latam employed 42,000 people and operated 1,400 daily flights in 26 countries, carrying around 74 million passengers every year. In April, operations were reduced by 95...