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Brazil exceeded 31 million infected by the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, which is experiencing an increase in infections, before which the government of the Sao Paulo State, the most populous in the country, recommended using chinstraps again.
Until 8:00 p.m. (23 GMT) on Tuesday, 41,486 new infections were recorded, which raised the number accumulated since February 2020 to 31,016,354, according to the health secretaries of the state governments. The average number of infected in the last week was 26,206, the highest since March 30, with a rise of 48% compared to the average computed two weeks ago.
The Scientific Committee of the São Paulo government yesterday recommended that mayors guide their neighbors to resume the use of chinstraps in closed spaces. In Saint Paul, the most populous state in the country, hospitalizations for Covid-19 increased 120% in May, while in the state capital there was an increase of 252%.
Brazil may be facing the risk of a fourth wave of the disease according to researchers from the platform Info Tracker, that monitors the pandemic in the University of São Paulo.
On the other hand, this Tuesday, 159 deaths were reported, bringing the total since 2020 to 666,727, with an average of 110 cases over the last week, which indicates a drop of 5% compared to the average of 14 days ago.
