Brazil’s health ministry on Sunday reported 80,508 new cases of Covid-19, the country’s largest daily increase in new infections since Jan. 7.
The sad news comes after a week in which the country also recorded its highest daily death toll. On Wednesday, Brazil recorded 1,910 deaths, according to the health ministry, the highest number since the outbreak began.
The daily death toll on Sunday was 1,086, the health ministry announced. Since the outbreak began, Brazil has confirmed a total of 11,019,344 virus cases.
Public and private intensive care units are located near or in condition nationwide, with a third on the verge of collapse to more than 90% of capacity, according to state and federal data.
Brazil’s largest state, Sao Paulo, entered a two-week “red phase” of coronavirus restrictions at midnight on Saturday, meaning all but the essential companies would remain closed during that period.