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After Months of Heartache, Signs of COVID-19 Easing in Brazil – The New York Times
Brazil’s COVID-19 death toll appears to be easing for the first time since May, data shows, a sign the Latin American country could be descending from a long infection plateau that has seen it suffer the world’s second-worst outbreak after the United States.
Data suggests that has been weakening too.
A Reuters analysis of Google mobility data, which collates cellphone movement, showed that the number of people coming and going from places of work in Brazil went from a 37.8% reduction from pre-pandemic levels in April to down just 16% in August. Movement at transit hubs has also increased substantially, the data showed.
“We have to work, because we pay rent and the cost of living is very expensive,” said waitress Patrícia Lima, who returned to her…
