This Thursday, Brazil recorded 1141 deaths by the covid-19 and the head of state, Jair Bolsonaro, in a live broadcast on his Facebook page, paid tribute to the victims of the pandemic.
Bolsonaro asked the president of the Brazilian Agency for International Tourism Promotion (Embratur), Gilson Machado Neto, to play and sing the song “Ave Maria”, by Schubert.
“I wanted to enjoy Gilson here. I know that many radio programs play ‘Ave Maria’ at this hour [18 horas]. So I wanted to pay tribute to all those who were victims of the coronavirus, and ask Gilson to play ‘Ave Maria’ ”, said the head of state.
With the 1141 deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, Brazil now totals 54,971 fatalities due to the covid-19, according to the country’s Ministry of Health.
Regarding the number of infected, the country counted this Thursday 39,483 new cases, in a total of 1,228,114 people diagnosed with the new coronavirus.
The South American country has already recovered 673,729 infected patients, with 499,414 patients still being monitored, according to the executive.
The lethality of the disease in Brazil, the second country in the world with the most deaths and infections, is at 4.5%.
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