Brazil has COVID-19 case tally reaches 4,745,464

The daily report by Brazil’s Ministry of Health, published Monday (Sep. 28) reveals that the country’s confirmed cases of COVID-19 have totaled 4,745,464 since the beginning of the pandemic.

Of these, three percent resulted in death (142,058), 10.9 percent of patients are being treated (519,224), and 86.1 percent of Brazilians who caught COVID-19 have recovered (4,084,182).

From Sunday to Monday, 317 deaths were reported, along with 13,155 new cases. Health authorities also investigate whether 2,533 were caused by the novel coronavirus.

The highest number of cases and deaths was reported in São Paulo (973,142, 35,125), the country’s most populous state.