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Brazil reports 2,438 COVID-19 deaths
SAO PAULO, March 21, 2021 (BSS/XINHUA) – Brazil on Saturday reported 2,438
deaths from COVID-19, bringing the death toll to 292,752, as healthcare
systems continue to collapse across the country, the ministry of health said.
Meanwhile, the country also registered 79,069 new cases, bringing the
nationwide tally to 11,950,459.
Oxygen consumption in hospitals grew 121 percent in two months, and the
local government has asked the local Federation of Industries to intervene to
guarantee the supply of oxygen tanks, Health Secretary of Sao Paulo Edson
Aparecido said.
The South American country is experiencing a new wave of infections
generated by the P.1 strain that emerged in the northern state of Amazonas in
November last year and the movement of people during the summer vacation.
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