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Judi Lynn

(160,515 posts) Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:10 PM Apr 2021

Brazil Records 2,616 COVID-19 Deaths on Saturday, More Than 71,000 Cases

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Rio De Janeiro, Apr 11, 2021, SPA -- Brazil on Saturday recorded 2,616 new COVID-19 deaths and 71,832 new coronavirus cases, Reuters cited the country's Health Ministry as saying.

Brazil, which has become the latest epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, with the second-highest death toll after the United States, has recorded 13.45 million cases and more than 350,000 deaths, official data show.
--SPA
01:23 LOCAL TIME 22:23 GMT

https://www.spa.gov.sa/viewfullstory.php?lang=en&newsid=2213409

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Brazil Records 2,616 COVID-19 Deaths on Saturday, More Than 71,000 Cases (Original Post) Judi Lynn Apr 2021 OP

Wow. I formerly had friends in Brazil (moved to Miami FL I think by now), I hope their families are SWBTATTReg Apr 2021 #1

I'm very suspicious of the Brazil numbers on JHU Shermann Apr 2021 #2

SWBTATTReg

(22,109 posts)

1. Wow. I formerly had friends in Brazil (moved to Miami FL I think by now), I hope their families are

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Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:13 PM

Apr 2021

okay...

Shermann

(7,411 posts)

2. I'm very suspicious of the Brazil numbers on JHU

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Sat Apr 10, 2021, 07:14 PM

Apr 2021

Their daily death count is increasing exponentially while the daily case count is increasing linearly. I suspect their testing capability isn't keeping up.

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