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Brazil hits record COVID-19 death toll in April

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Agence France-Presse

<p>SAO PAULO - Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country&#x27;s COVID epidemic, authorities said.</p><p>The South American giant recorded 67,977 deaths so far in April, making it the deadliest month yet before it ends, topping March&#x27;s 66,573 fatalities, the Health Ministry said.</p><p>Just in the past 24 hours, Brazil recorded 3,076 deaths, with a seven-day average of 2,545 deaths per day. </p><p>Meanwhile, 71,137 new infections were also registered on Saturday, with a daily average of more than 60,000 new cases in the last two weeks.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/16/21/brazils-covid-response-cost-thousands-of-lives-says-humanitarian-group">Brazil&#x27;s COVID response cost thousands of lives, says humanitarian group</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/11/21/brazil-records-2616-covid-19-deaths-on-saturday-more-than-71000-cases">Brazil records 2,616 COVID-19 deaths on Saturday, more than 71,000 cases</a></li></ul><p>Latin America&#x27;s most populous country has recorded over 380,000 deaths among its 212 million people. </p><p>Only the United States has been worse affected in absolute terms, but Brazil&#x27;s death rate per 100,000 inhabitants is the highest in both the Americas and the southern hemisphere.</p><p>Despite the data, experts say the curve of infections and deaths is actually stabilizing in Brazil.</p><p>Brazilian public health institute Fiocruz reported Friday that &quot;in the last two weeks there has been a stabilization of cases and deaths from COVID-19, which characterizes a new level of transmission.&quot;</p><p>The death rate should hover around 3,000 per day in the coming weeks, it said.</p><p>Brazil has fully vaccinated only 5.8 percent of its population.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/04/15/21/brazil-probes-reports-of-vaccines-being-exchanged-for-illegal-gold">Brazil probes reports of vaccines being exchanged for illegal gold</a></li></ul><p>The Ministry of Health plans to complete vaccinating priority groups, comprising 77 million people, in September.</p><div><strong>bur-mdl/acb</strong></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=1631929" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country's COVID-19 epidemic, authorities said.</p>

Brazil marked a grim milestone Saturday, as April became the deadliest month yet in the country's COVID-19 epidemic, authorities said.