The Coronavirus

[Eric the Green]

(05-23-2020, 09:01 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: As of May 19 Brazil had recorded the world's third-highest number of COVID-19 infections, with more than 262,000 confirmed cases and at least 17,500 deaths attributed to the pandemic, according to official figures collected by Johns Hopkins University.

But health experts believe that, due to a lack of testing, the real number of infections is likely 15 times higher. They also suspect that at least twice as many people have died from the virus; with state hospitals at overcapacity, an increasing number of COVID-19 victims are dying in their homes.

The number of coronavirus cases is growing exponentially, and footage of mass graves in the cities of Manaus and Sao Paulo have gone around the world. Yet despite this escalating public health crisis, President Jair Bolsonaro appears unconcerned.

Men prepare to install new spaces for coffins at the Sao Pedro municipal cemetery
In Sao Paulo, cemetery workers are busy creating space for more coffins....

place / total cases / new cases / total deaths / new deaths
World / 5,397,950 / +99,938 / 343,608 / +4,183
1 USA / 1,666,828 / +21,929 / 98,683 / +1,036
2 Brazil / 347,398 / +16,508 / 22,013 / +965
3 Russia / 335,882 / +9,434 / 3,388 / +139
4 Spain / 282,370 / +466 / 28,678 / +50
5 UK / 257,154 / +2,959 / 36,675 / +282
6 Italy / 229,327 / +669 / 32,735 / +119
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/
12 AM GMT May 23, 2020