Topline Brazil faces its most severe Covid-19 surge since the pandemic began, with more daily infections and deaths than any other country in recent days, because of what some health officials are blaming on a coronavirus variant that has spread rapidly in Brazil, and reached other countries like the United States. Health workers care for patients infected with Covid-19 in a full emergency room in southern Brazil … [+] on Thursday. AFP via Getty Images Key Facts The Brazilian government reported 2,216 Covid-19 deaths Friday, and it posted a record 2,286 deaths on Wednesday, eclipsing the United States as the country with the world’s worst daily death count — last month, Brazil’s daily deaths almost never exceeded 1,500. Infections in Brazil have also been on the rise for weeks, logging 85,663 new cases on Friday, the country’s second worst jump in infections since the start of the pandemic. This surge has strained the country’s health system: Hospital intensive care units are above 90% capacity in most of Brazil’s state capital cities, a situation the Fiocruz public health institute described as a “situation of collapse” on Friday. Public health experts have pinned some blame for the surge on a more contagious coronavirus variant that emerged in western Brazil in January and has become pervasive across much of the country in recent weeks. Fiocruz is pleading with Brazilians to stem the virus’ spread by socially distancing and wearing masks, but far-ri… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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Brazil Now Has The World’s Worst Covid Outbreak. Experts Blame Variants.
