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Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars By Reuters – Investing.com
Brazil hospitals pushed to limit as COVID-19 death toll soars
By Lisandra Paraguassu and Diego Vara
BRASILIA/PORTO ALEGRE (Reuters) – Hospitals in Brazil’s main cities are reaching capacity, health officials warned, as the country recorded the world’s highest COVID-19 death toll over the past week, triggering tighter restrictions on Thursday in its most populous state.
Intensive care wards for treating COVID-19 patients have reached critical occupancy levels over 90% in 15 of 27 state capitals, according to biomedical center Fiocruz.
In Porto Alegre in southern…
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